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Creating Discussion Board Forums
(Faculty)
The Discussion Board (similar to electronic bulletin boards)
allows many people to participate in a guided discussion.
Forums and discussion groups serve several purposes in a
distance learning course:
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They give students a feeling of belonging to a classroom
community rather than feeling isolated with their computer.
They encourage communication among students and between
students and teacher.
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Unlike a classroom discussion where sometimes only
the most vocal members participate, discussion boards
provide an opportunity for even the quietest student
to participate.
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Discussion Boards also provide a good history of who
said what and how often each student participate.
In order for a student to use the Discussion Board, the
teacher must first create a discussion forum.
Follow these steps to set up a forum on the Discussion
Board:
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link
of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most
button located to the left of the screen).
4. From any page in the Blackboard course, click on the
Discussion Board button.
5. When the Discussion Board page appears, click on the
Add Forum button.
6. Then type a brief (but descriptive) title for the forum
in the title box and a brief description, which may include
instructions for participating or a link to Student Discussions
for further instructions on how to particpate.
7. Before clicking on "Submit" at the bottom of
the "Add Forum" screen, check the options appropriate
for the activity. If the discussion forum is an informal
evaluation, you may want the students to participate anonymously.
If the activity will be a graded one, remove the default
check on "anonymous." If you want the students
to create their own discussion threads, leave that box checked
or uncheck it if you want students to respond to your discussion
thread prompts. If so, then you will need to enter the discussion
forum after you click "submit" and then create
your own discussion thread with further instructions.
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