Week 8 Discussion

Introduction

Use this section to briefly introduce the discussion, describing how it helps students’ development of knowledge and skills that are important to their learning goals for this course and beyond.

Prompt

This is where you will write your discussion prompt. The prompt should invite students to engage with a topic through unique, critical, and personal substantive postings. Consider these questions when developing your prompt:

• Are you (perhaps unconsciously) looking for a right answer?
• Is the depth and difficulty appropriate for where the students are in the quarter?
• Does it require students to apply any concepts or principles from the course?
• Does it push students to think about the broader implications of what they are learning?
• Does it ask students to tie the material back to their own experiences?
• Does it prompt students to give a thoughtful response?
• Will this question help build community?

Remember the text editor allows you to include videos, embedded media, and upload files to support your prompt. We recommend using the following sections to clarify what students are expected to do.

Instructions

Initial Post

Include the day of the week and time the initial post is due.

Here you should provide any additional guidance or information which will help students understand what is expected of them. For example, include guidelines for video length, or any limits to file size or word count that may apply.

Responses

Include the day of the week and the time replies (and follow-up to replies) are due.

Provide guidance on how students should respond to peers’ posts. Encourage them to ask open-ended questions, offer a respectful alternate perspective, or bring in additional ideas or resources to reinforce a point.

Grading Criteria

Summarize the grading criteria, including how many points the initial post and the responses are worth. If you plan to use a rubric, it is a good idea to include language like the example below to remind students how to find the rubric since it is not that obvious in Canvas discussions.