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Name: Setting Up Effective Discussion Boards in Canvas
Start: 2023-06-15T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-06-15T15:00:00-04:00

DLINQ offers ongoing web-based and in-person professional learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. Topics range from teaching online and hybrid, to data privacy, to technology learning, to digital wellness and identity.

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Setting Up Effective Discussion Boards in Canvas

June 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Wednesday, June 15, 2023
11:00 am-noon Pacific / 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern

Online via Zoom

Asynchronous discussion boards can be a site of active learning and participation. This session will introduce strategies for creating asynchronous discussions (using Canvas and other tools) to support meaningful student learning, including:

creating discussion board activities that generate actual discussion
how to structure the discussion board to scaffold participation
options for going beyond text-based discussion, and
how to encourage synthesis and reflection post-discussion

As we explore these strategies, we’ll talk through the technical aspects of setting up Canvas discussion boards to create whole class and small group discussions. We’ll look at grading settings, setting up a peer review discussion, assigning discussions to groups, embedding media in discussions, and other settings that can be used to support productive discussion.

Additional Resources

Key Questions for Designing Online Discussions

Planning and Facilitating Effective Discussions

Four Types of Discussion Forums in Online Courses

Discussion board documentation from the Canvas Instructor Guide