4. Discussion board
Create in Control Panel, the Create Tool Link in course
menu.
Useful for themed discussions in student/ user groups.
Individual fora may have multiple threads.
Postings can be anonymous or have a name attached.
Can include multimedia.
Can be difficult to get students to engage.
Unread content will be flagged up (in bold).
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7. Blogs
Blog - visible to all students. All students can post and
see each others posts.
Journal - private to all students, all students can post.
Students only see their own posts
Group blog - visible to all students, members of the group
can post. Students not in the group can see it.
Group journal - visible to members of the group,
members of the group can post. Students not in the
group can NOT see it.
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8. Blogs
Create in Control Panel, then Create Tool Link in course
menu.
Can be individual (per student) or for the course
(instructor only).
Can be assessed.
Options to include multimedia.
Students can comment on content.
Previous content is accessible.
Content created in current week/ month will be displayed
first.
Unread content flagged up (bold, pin).
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10. Wikis
Contributions can be assessed.
Collaboration in one area.
Options to include multimedia.
‘Live’ content.
When creating, can permit students write access.
Can view history of contributions.
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13. Journals
Contributions can be assessed.
Collaboration in one area.
Options to include multimedia.
‘Live’ content.
When creating, can permit students write access.
Can view history of contributions.
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15. Summary
Lots of different ways to collaborate/ communicate in the
VLE – consider which one may work best for you.
Think about what the purpose of the communication will
be – is it informal? Assessed? What media will you use?
Give students clear instructions and make the purpose of
your use of the collaboration tool obvious.
Lots of resources in VLE Help course or please contact
me: v.boyd@gsa.ac.uk
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