Participation in Discussion Forums for Students
Your instructor may provide a discussion forum to students inside their Scholar course, in order to give you and other students a place to discuss course-related topics with each other. Depending on the course, participation in this discussion forum may be required as part of your course grade. If the instructor has utilized this feature, a link to the Discussion Forum will be provided at the top of every course. Your instructor may also provide links to specific Discussions in the Content Feed.
The Discussion board will consist of one or more forums created by the instructor. To enter into a forum, click on the forum’s title.
Clicking on a Discussion will bring you inside it, allowing you to read the main prompt and any responses created by students and instructors. If you wish to contribute to the existing discussion, you can type in the box directly under the Discussion Topic and click “Post” You can also provide links and attachments as part of your response at this point.
Other users will also be able to reply to your posts in the thread. Each post in a Discussion includes a button that allows a user to reply to posts other than the initial one in the thread. Click the new Reply button in order to reply directly.
If your participation in discussions is graded by your instructor, you will be able to see your overall grade for participation in discussion forums in the Gradebook. Clicking on View for a given Discussion grade will bring you to a more detailed look at the grade, as well as feedback on your posts given by your instructor.