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is your first time using Blackboard please read the following pages before using
this electronic discussion forum or taking quizzes:
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Discussion Board Requirements
(summary)
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Each instruction week runs from Sunday through Saturday midnight.
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Each week
you will write two kinds of postings:
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Your commentary is a well-thought out
response to each of the
Blackboard discussion questions. The length of your
commentary should fill
the message window in the Blackboard discussion board (approximately 80-100 words).
These commentaries are always due by
Wednesday
midnight to receive credit.
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Additionally, you must post a
peer response
to one other classmate's commentary for
each of the discussion
questions. Again, your reply should fill the message window in the
Blackboard
discussion board. For example, if a week has 2 discussion questions, you
write a commentary for each discussion question, and then you reply to a classmate for each
question. You will have made a total of 4 postings.
These peer responses are always
due by Saturday midnight to receive credit.
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Keep in
mind that most discussion questions require that you have read the
assignment in the online column of your weekly schedule.
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Remember,
your initial
response must be posted by Wednesday midnight so that your classmates can reply
to your posting by Saturday at midnight.
Reminders
- When posting a response, reply
initially to the instructor's discussion question.
Do not start a new discussion thread. You'll confuse
your classmates.
- Reply
directly to a student's posting. When you refresh
the messages (click
UPDATE on the discussion board), you
will see your message indented underneath your classmate's message or the
message you replied to.
- Above all, have fun with this
discussion forum. It is a way to test ideas, hypotheses, and opinions.
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