Once you have created your initial discussion questions and made them available
to students, you will need to manage the discussions to achieve the desired outcomes.
Online discussions differ from the traditional exchanges among instructor and students
in a classroom. The sections below explain how to use formal and informal questioning
techniques, course policies, rules of conduct, and Blackboard Discussion Board tools
to effectively achieve your course outcomes, along with providing strategies to
encourage participation in online discussions:
- Formal Questioning Techniques
- Informal Questioning Techniques
- Course Policies for Online Discussions
- Rules for Online Conduct
- Blackboard Tools for Managing Online Discussions
- Encouraging Participation
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