Discussions

With the Discussions tool you can discuss course topics with your teacher and other students in the course.

With the Discussions tool, you can:

  • read messages posted by your instructor and other students.
  • post messages to threaded or class blog topics, or add entries to your journal.
  • receive replies or peer review from other Students.
  • if working collaboratively on a project, discuss ideas with other members in your group.
  • create a printable view of messages that you can print or download.
  • receive a grade based on your participation in a discussion topic.

 

Posting Messages

1.   From the topic's messages screen, click Create Message or Create New Entry.

2.   Enter the subject of your message so others will know what it's about.

3.   Enter the message:

  • To enter a message in plain text format, enter it in the Message text box.
     
  • To use the HTML Creator, click Enable HTML Creator.

4.    If you want to attach files to your message:

  • Click Add Attachments.
  • Locate and select your file.
  • You may want to preview your message.  To do so, click Preview.

5.   To post the message, click Post.