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- A single simple discussion - A single topic discussion developed on one page, which is useful for short focused discussions (cannot be used with separate groups).
- Each person posts one discussion - Each person can post exactly one new discussion topic (everyone can reply to them); this is useful when you want each student to start a discussion about something like Reflection on the week's topic, and everyone else responds to one reflection of their choosing.
- Q and A forum - Instead of initiating discussions, teachers pose a question in the initial post of a discussion. Students reply to the post with an answer, but they will not see the replies of other students to the question in that discussion until 15 minutes after they have themselves replied to the same discussion.
- Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format - The first few lines of an entry are displayed, with the newest entries displayed first.
- Standard forum for general use - An open forum discussion where anyone can start a new topic at any time; this is the best general-purpose forum. This is the most popular and may be the easiest to begin using.
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Availability
- Due Date - Although this date is the one that appears in the calendar, it only identifies the desired deadline. Students can still post after this date.
- Cut Off Date - It is no longer possible to add posts to the forum, after this date.
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Enable Turnitin (select Yes) for the plugin to evaluate students' posts.
Whole
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forum grading
When enabled, this setting allows teachers to score forum participation in the gradebook. Advanced grading methods such as rubrics and grading guides may also be used by selecting different Grading Methods.
Note: If using "Whole Forum Grading" whole forum grading, scores will be recorded to the gradebook, but if rubrics or grading are used, students must click the "View Grade" grades button in the overall forum, not a specific post, to view the grades.
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The ratings feature existed before the " Whole Forum Grading' forum grading option was available. Ratings is not as robust a tool for grading.
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Specify Availability (Show or Hide from students) and Group settings.
Private
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replies option
Within a forum, teachers can make private replies to students. After clicking reply to a post, simply click the reply privately checkbox below the message window.
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