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Using the Docutek ERes System for Online Sourcebooks
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Adding Discussion Boards in Online Sourcebooks
Discussion Boards must be set up by the course instructor or by the library. Once they are set up, students can add threads and postings.
It is important to understand how discussion boards work. You can set up a number of “discussion boards”, on different topics. Then students can add new “threads” or conversation topics. Others students can post responses within that thread, or create a new thread.
As an example, one course might have three discussion boards, “Reactions to Class Readings”, “Internship Experiences”, and “General Discussion”. A student would choose which area their contribution would be best made in, choose that discussion board, and then add a new thread to start a conversation.
To create discussion boards, click on the Discussion Boards tab. Click on “Add Discussion Board”.
Enter your name, email address and the title of the discussion board you want to create. Click “Save”.
You will see the discussion board you just added in the list. Add as many discussion boards as you’d like. The image below shows three different discussion boards that students would be able to post to. Note that you can delete a discussion board by clicking on the red X icon.
When a student logs in to the course and clicks on the Discussion Board tab, they will see all of the boards that have been set up. To post a message, they would click on the link for the appropriate board.
To create a new conversation or “thread”, they would click on the link “Add New Thread”. If they want to participate in a thread already created, they would choose from the threads listed in the “Title” column, and click on the link to that thread.
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