Campaign to promote use and understanding of the Discussion Board

Students, Communication, Collaboration

Campaign Description

The goal here is to increase the use of Discussion Boards by students once instructors have enabled them. Using the Discussion Board increases collaboration and discussion and improves the overall learning experience for students, when used correctly.

Success Criteria

Students are aware of how to use the Discussion Board. You can place a monitor on the use of Discussion Boards to see if usage increases.

This message explains to students how the Discussion Board works. It is a step-by-step breakdown within the message which lets students know how to add to a thread, whether editing is possible after submitting, and how to alter the display of the board.

Copy & Paste Message Content

Hi ,

To create a post or thread, click to open a discussion forum, then click on Create Thread. Or, open a post that someone else has written to read it and click Reply to respond.

Lecturers generally do not allow students to edit or delete a post once you have posted it or after it has a reply.

Please review your post before clicking submit. If you need a post deleted, contact your lecturer using the Contact details in this site.

If you save your post as a draft, you will find it in the Tree View.
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or within the Display button – search for Drafts Only.
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