Discussions: Posts & Completion and Evaluation & Feedback

Posts and Completion Options

  • Allow learners to hide their name from other learners: Select this option to allow students to anonymously post to this topic (not recommended).
  • Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads: Select this option to force students to post to the topic before they can read and reply to other students’ posts (recommended).
  • A moderator must approve individual posts before they display in the topic: Select this option to approve posts before students are able to view them.

Evaluation & Feedback

Get Started

  1. From the navbar, click Communication and select Discussion.
  2. After creating a new Topic, use the drop-down arrow to expand the Evaluation & Feedback options found on the right side of the screen.

Rubrics

Click "Add Rubric" to link an existing rubric to this discussion topic or to create a rubric for this topic. For more information about rubrics, see the Creating Rubrics: The Basics article.

Learning Objectives

If you use the Learning Objectives tool in eLearn, this is where you can connect your discussion to your course learning outcomes.

Evaluate Posts

  • Allow evaluation of individual posts.  This option requires the topic to have assigned points. When selected, instructors can assign scores to each post on this topic.
  • Allow learners to rate posts. 
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