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Creating A Discussion Forum  

    • Navigate to the location where you want to place the Discussion Forum.
    • To create a Discussion Forum you first need to click on Add Content.
    • Click on Discussion Forum under Create an Item.
    • Type in an Advanced Organizer Title to give your students an idea of what the Discussion Forum is all about.  It is also strongly recommended that you include the Module Number in your Tile.  This will make it easier to use and manage the Gradebook.
    • Enter your directions for this individual Discussion Forum.
      • First, you should enter the specific directions for this individual Discussion Forum.
      • Next you should enter your Participation Expectations, Grading Criteria and Grading Scale for this Discussion Forum.  *NOTE - If your Participation Expectations, Grading Criteria and Grading Scale are the same for every Discussion Forum, it may be helpful to create one page for this in a Course Information folder and create an Internal Course Link to this page.
      • Finally, it is recommended that you provide your students with the SLN Links to the generic directions on how create a New Posts and how to Reply To Existing Posts.
    • Click the Save Button.

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