Forums

In Chapter 6, Managing Student Work you worked with me in creating a new, hidden topic for my course project work. I thought it would be great to upload to Moodle a project exemplar and allow students to discuss what they thought were the strengths in that work. It's something I already do in the class, but doing this online means:

• Students can take their time to study the example work and formulate an answer without the pressure of being sat in a classroom. Students who can be shy in the classroom don't always feel the same social pressure online.

• Forum posts can be kept as long as you wish (even when the student who posted has left) so student responses are always available for reference. A good argument or idea is kept online for students to refer back to.

• We can hold more than one discussion at a time online. When we are online we can cover more topics more easily.

• Forum posts can be edited or deleted for only a relatively short period after they are made (which is somewhat different...