Please refer to Discussions for more information.
Creating a Multi Prompted Structure Discussion
Two ways to create a discussion
Option A - From the Course Content Page
Option B - From the Discussion tab at the top navigation
Option A - From the Course Content Page
Go to the location within the Course Content page and click the (+) plus sign.
Click Create.
Scroll down to the Participation and Engagement section and click Discussion.
Highlight the default title and provide a title for the discussion.
Enter in the guidelines for this multi prompted structure discussion. (NOTE: You are not adding the question or questions here. Here you are providing them with what the expectations are for this discussion such as letting them know they will be replying to one or more of your responses below. A multi prompted structure discussion is where you as the instructor will add in the topics as responses which your students will be replying to depending on the discussion's instructions. You can also use a multi prompt structure discussion for a debate where you as the instructor add in the two responses outlining the two sides of the debate and then the students will reply to one of the debate's response side. )
Add in your first response which your students can reply too depending on the overall discussion's instructions.
Click Respond.
Add in your additional response(s).
Click Respond.
Once you are done adding in your responses which your students will be replying, click on the gear icon to open up the discussion settings.
Once you are down setting up the discussion's settings, click Save at the bottom of the panel.
By default, the discussion is set to Hidden from students.
If you want to change the discussion's availability, click on Hidden from students.
Select one of the following:
Visible to student - if you select this option, then the discussion will be visible to your students right away.
Release conditions - You can release the discussion to all of your students or to a specific student(s). You can also set to release the discussion on a specific date and time and/or performance.
When you are done setting up your discussion, click the X in the top left-hand corner of the window.
Option B - From the Discussion tab at the top navigation
You can also create a new discussion by clicking the Discussion tab at the top navigation and click New Discussion.
