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The Discussions tool is a really useful way to direct student enquiries to one space, and to allow all the students on a unit to view responses to queries. If you’re using discussion boards in this way, you’ll need to monitor the interactions so that you can review activity and provide timely responses. Brightspace will… Read more » about Monitoring Discussion Board activity in Brightspace
Discussions Tool provides an area for student collaboration. It allows learners to post, read, and reply to messages on different topics, share thoughts about course materials, ask questions, share files, or work with your peers on assignments. Use the Discussions Tool in your unit to: Encourage users to share thoughts on course material with their… Read more » about Discussions Tool – drop-in session in FG04
Have you noticed the default discussions set up on your unit this year? We’ve included an example discussion forum with two example topics on each unit. You can easily edit these to meet your own requirements and you have the benefit of having comprehensive instructions for students on how to engage with the discussion already… Read more » about Top Tips for Discussion forums
Are you using Brightspace’s Discussions tool? Here are our Top 5 tips on getting the most out of your Discussion forums: To guide students on how to contribute to the discussion, and to encourage engagement, put clear directions within the Description area. Set clear expectations of what to post within each topic. This doesn’t have… Read more » about Top tips for successful Discussion forums
