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EdTech provides consulting, training, outreach and educational services
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 traditional threaded topic, select Threaded topic. Click Next.
Enter a Title and Description for the topic. 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 threaded topic visible to students, select Show Item. If you want to wait and make the threaded topic visible to students at a later time, select Hide Item.
Discussion 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 topic to be gradable. For gradable topics, you have three options. You can grade the topic numerically, alphanumerically, or by using a Grading Form.
For gradable topics, a column is automatically created for the topic in the grade book. You have the option to change the title of the topic 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 topic, 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 posts 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 threaded topic, select the dropdown arrow next to the topic if you want to: edit the topic, hide the topic, view links to the topic, select release criteria for the topic, or delete the topic.
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