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Discussion Management | Select all that apply from the following options: |
| Instructors can allow students to create discussion groups. |
| Instructors can set up moderated discussions where all posts are screened. |
| Posts may be peer reviewed by other students. |
| Instructors can view statistical summaries of discussions displaying participation which can be used to generate grades. |
| Discussions can be shared across courses, departments, or any institutional unit. |
Additional Comments:
JForum Additional Discussion Management Features:
JForum
* Forums can become be made visible/invisible on a certain designated date.
* Forums can become be locked/unlocked on a certain date (can read but not post).
* Forums and categories can be sorted.
* Unlimited forums forum and categoriescategory creation.
* Supports sticky and announcement topics.
* User control of email notification and profile options.
* Bookmark functionality for favorite topics.
* Search functionality across a site's forums.
* "Watch" functionality for hot topics.
* Mark discussion as read functionality.
* Forums or categories can be accessible to certain groups as defined in JForum.
* Ability to move, delete, lock, and unlock topics.
* Ability to lock a topic, allowing users to read topic postings, but not respond.
* Ability to restrict a forum and/or topic to a specific group or section.
* Ability to grant fine grained permissions on a role or group basis.
* Support for 12 foreign languages.
Permissions include:
o Category access
o Forum access
o Ability to post Sticky, Announcements, or Task topics
o Read only Forums
o Enable Karma
o Enable Bookmarks
o Enable Attachments
o Allow Download of existing attachments
o Ability to set number of allowed attachments, file upload size, and types of
allowable attachment extensions.
o Set users as moderators
o Disallow moderation in specific forums
o Ability for roles edit, delete, move, lock and unlock topics
Message Center Features MC Development Led by Indiana University
The following discussion management features are currently available in Message Center:
* Ability to create a template for permissions at the forum level and use that template for related topics.
* Ability to lock a topic, allowing users to read topic postings, but not respond.
* Ability to restrict a forum and/or topic to a specific group or section.
* Ability to grant fine grained permissions on a role, group or section basis.
Permissions include:
o New forum
o New topic
o New response
o Response to response
o Change settings
o Read
o Post to gradebook
o Mark as read
o Revise none, own or all postings
o Ability to set a default gradebook assignment for a topic
o Ability to save a draft of a forum and its topics
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