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The purpose of this discussion board is to be able to continue
talking about the ideas we start in class, but here we are not limited to the
brick and mortar walls that confine and limit us in a traditional classroom.
This page explains the guidelines for using the discussion board. Please read these directions and print them out if
necessary before attempting to use the discussion board. This will be your
entry point to the discussion board in the future.
Go
to the English 218 discussion board now.
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When you click on the hyperlink
above, you will be taken to a website called WebCT. Notice that it will spawn a new browser
window. This way you can easily bounce back and forth between the
discussion board and the course website should you need to do so. |
| Once in WebCT, you will need
to log in with a username and password. Follow the WebCT
login
instructions to activate your account and to enter the discussion board. |
| Once you have successfully
logged in to WebCT, click on the link for English 103, then click on the
icon for the discussion board. You'll be taken to a screen that looks
similar to the one below: |
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Select
a topic to see its messages
| Compose
Discussion Message |
| Search |
Topic
Settings |
| Topic |
Unread |
Total |
Status |
| All |
368 |
674 |
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| Main |
0 |
39 |
public, unlocked |
| Notes |
0 |
0 |
public, unlocked |
| Welcome |
0 |
84 |
public, unlocked |
| Cannery
Row |
8 |
10 |
private, unlocked |
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Topics, Threads, Replies, and Posts
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These four vocabulary words
are unique to on-line discussion boards, and you already might be familiar with
what they mean. A "thread" is a
chain of messages all dealing with the same topic. Think of a
thread as a continuous conversation. If you wish to contribute to a
particular discussion thread after reading a person's message, click
the Reply button, and your message will appear
underneath the message to which you just replied. You have to be certain that you reply to the right
message, otherwise your message may not make sense in the chain of
discussion. For this first week, there should be two initial
discussion topics:
 | A "Welcome" message with
everyone introducing him or herself; |
| "Cannery
Row" |
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Within each topic,
you create multiple discussion threads, and
each thread can contain posts
relating to that particular subject |
| Click on the
Cannery Row topic, and you will see a screen
similar to the one below. (Don't click on the links
below;
they're dead and will display an error message in your browser.) |
| After you login
to WebCT and click on the Welcome Topic, read the Welcome message from
me. When you are ready, click on the Reply
link to post your own welcome message.
(Do Not click on the "Compose Discussion Message" link. That
will start a new discussion "thread".) If
you click on the Quote button, the text of the message you are reading will
be displayed in your message window so that you can more easily comment on
it. Reply
to the person (or message) you wish to respond to. When the new window appears, the
subject line will be filled in already. Just type your response in the window. When you are ready, click the Post button.
You will notice once we get
several message up that if you reply to the last person, your message
will be indented and nested underneath that person's name. Practice
replying to my initial welcome message. Then reply to a classmate's introduction
and greet him or her to practice using the discussion board. |
| You will need to
click the purple "Update Listing" button in the discussion board area to view
the message you just posted. |
| If you wish to
start a new discussion thread within a Topic (You cannot create new Topics),
use the beige "Compose Discussion Message" bar and type a new subject in the
window that pops us. Then click the Post
button in the lower left as you would if you were replying to someone else's
posting. |
| Send any
questions you have to darrencs@fullcoll.edu
and I'll do my best to get back to you right away. |
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