Work flow for using forums. Some suggested reports. I have not got time today to refine this and make it a little clearer, but I thought I'd make a start.
I've spelled out a few scenarios, and a few reports to meet the needs. I'm aware of the problem of scalability. And anyone who thinks about this a little will see a little of my biases here.
-Derek
Scenario 1
You have 30 students, each who has to post once to a specific standard to get a grade. You want to just get a feel for how things are going. Use Report A
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REPORT A
Who has posted, Who has not. Who has been graded, Who has not.
Participants List [Dropdown: Everyone, Those posted, Those not posted, Those with a grade, Those without a grade]
Name | Last visit | Number of posts | Grade | Link to posts by name
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Scenario 1 (Cont)
You are catching up on marking. You have done some marking in the forum, but not all.
You click on the REPORT A [Those without a grade] to show who has not got a grade. You see there are five students without grades. For each one you click on the Link to "posts by name" - which shows the posts they have made in the forum - and you grade them.
Subtle point: I'd probably have a scale like Not achieved/Achieved/Merit and use one of the grades to indicate I have seem the post but for some reason it is not a 'pass'
Scenario 2
You want students to post interesting articles they have found in a journalism course. But sometimes you know the article is there in the forum but cannot find it.
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REPORT B
Attachments list: Report showing attachments in the forum
Name (Sort by name) | Last access | Attachments (sort by name) | Type (Sort by type)
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Use the
Scenario 3
You have 47 students. You require one post in the forum as an assessed task. Some do 3 or 4 posts. Ideally you need some sort of way to see who has and has not respondes.
You may like to check to see who has NOT posted and send them a reminder.
Lets say you set up a scale
- Merit
- Achieved
- Not yet achieved
The report could be:
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REPORT C
Participant list for forum [Dropdown with grades]
Tick box | Name | Last visit | Grade
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Run REPORT C, select Not Yet achieved, Click "select all" Email all the students.
Scenario 4
You just want to know a few statistics about your Q&A forum
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REPORT D
Statistics
Name | Last Visit | # of Posts (Replies) | # of Discussions Started | Total
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Scenario 4
You have 1200 students in a MOOC. You want to know who has posted and not had a reply.
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REPORT E
Discussions with no reply
Checklist | Poster | Subject | Link to Post
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Lets say you want to really get into new territory. We could add a dropdown at the bottom like this