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for faculty, instructors and staff using educational technologies.
To access the Discussions tool, select the Build tab, and under Course Tools select Discussions.
To create a discussion topic, click on Create Topic.
To create a journal topic, select Journal topic. Click Next.
Enter a Title and Description for the journal. If you wish, you may use HTML in your description. You can either enter HTML code directly into the description by checking the box "Use HTML" and imputing your code. Or, if you are not familiar with HTML, you can use the HTML Creator, which provides you with a user friendly interface for creating HTML-ready text.
To make the journal visible to students, select Show Item. If you want to wait and make the journal visible to students at a later time, select Hide Item.
Journal topics can be organized into categories. Please see Creating Discussion Categories to learn how to create categories.
You can select whether or not you want the journal to be gradable. For gradable journals, you have three options. You can grade the journal numerically, alphanumerically, or by using a Grading Form.
For gradable journals, a column is automatically created for the journal in the grade book. You have the option to change the title of the journal in the grade book, or leave it as is.
If you want students to see their grades, select Release grade to Students in My Grades.
To associate Goals with the journal, click Select Goals.
To allow students the ability to peer review, select the Peer Review expand/collapse button. You have the option of allowing students to review journals using a Simple Rating Scale or a Grading Form.
To change the rules for student posting and author identification, select the Topic Behavior Options expand/collapse button.
Once you have created a journal, select the dropdown arrow next to the journal if you want to: edit the journal, hide the journal, view links to the journal, select release criteria for the journal, or delete the journal.
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