Blackboard Discussion forums
8 Keywords: Forums, Collaboration, Collaborative Writing, Sharing, Threads, Blackboard, Moodle, Subject Lines
The University of Southampton guide on Blackboard discussion forums shows how these can be used and become a useful way of collaborating with others. They provide an easy way of keeping up to date with news and comments and can be ordered to make for easy reading. But there are some points to remember:
- Post comments in the appropriate forum so your thread receives the proper attention and advice if needed.
- Maintain clear subject lines so that collaboration on different items does not become muddled.
- Communicating in Forums
There are many different ways to communicate on-line now days from chat rooms, forums to e-mail, instant messaging, blogs and personal spaces. Some have clearly stated rules and some depend on unwritten codes of behaviour. This guide has a few general tips provided by Ignatia de Waard that will hopefully make those occasions where learning and teaching are taking place more worthwhile.
- How to Write Headlines, Page Titles, and Subject Lines
Jacob Nieslon explains how: "Microcontent needs to be pearls of clarity: you get 40-60 characters to explain your macrocontent. Unless the title or subject make it absolutely clear what the page or email is about, users will never open it."
