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Discussion Forum | Select all that apply from the following options: |
| Students can enable or disable posts to be sent to their email. |
| Students can receive posts by email as daily digests of subject lines or whole posts. |
| Students can subscribe to forum RSS feeds. |
| A spell-checker is available for student and instructor responses. |
Additional Comments:
There are three discussion tool options available in Sakai.
Discussions is a basic tool for creating threaded discussions in which posts are sorted by category and topic. Permissions control the ability of faculty or students to respond and create new topics or categories. There is a search option for searching content of posts and threads
JForum (Forum and Private Message Tool) is a forum based discussion tool that supports an unlimited number of discussion forums sorted into categories that are created and managed by an instructor. Posts in JForum can be plain text, formatted text or html and can include attachments, images or URLs. Instructors can associate a discussion with course content in other tools. Discussion forums may be group based and instructors can determine the level of student involvement in each forum. Instructors The Forums tool supports threaded conversations categorized by forums created by an instructor. Forums can be created based upon template settings that determine access controls, moderation ability, and permissions for users in designated roles. Forums can be organized and rearranged at any time by an instructor. Instructors can view statistics on individual student participation. Participation can be graded and grades sent to the Sakai gradebook tool. Forums can be printed out from the screen.
JForum (Forum and Private Message Tool) is a forum based discussion tool that supports an unlimited number of discussion forums sorted into categories that are created and managed by an instructor. Posts in JForum can be plain text, formatted text or html and can include attachments, images or URLs. Instructors can associate a discussion with course content in other tools. Discussion forums may be group based and instructors can determine the level of student involvement in each forum. Instructors may moderate discussions at the forum level. Discussion threads are expandable and collapsible to view an entire conversation on a single screen. Instructors can limit discussions to specific time periods.
Access to forums can be restricted to designated groups.
Users can enable or disable posts being sent to their email. Users can maintain a separate user profile. Instructors or students can send either an internal private message or an external email to the author of a post from within the reply screen. Users can connect directly to Yahoo messenger from within the reply screen and send an instant message. Users can request notification when a reply to their post is made.
Topics may be searched for title or content. Graphic indications display recent topics. Users can bookmark forums, watch forums or designate them as "sticky". Users can mark all topics as Read.
The Forums tool offers a third option for hosting a discussion board in Sakai. The Forums tool supports threaded conversations categorized by forums created by an instructor. Forums can be created based upon template settings that determine access controls, moderation ability, and permissions for users in designated roles. Forums can be organized and rearranged at any time by an instructor. Instructors can view statistics on individual student participation. Participation can be graded and grades sent to the Sakai gradebook tool. Forums can be printed out from the screenscreen and send an instant message. Users can request notification when a reply to their post is made.
Topics may be searched for title or content. Graphic indications display recent topics. Users can bookmark forums, watch forums or designate them as "sticky". Users can mark all topics as Read.
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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. |
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JForum
* Forums can be made visible/invisible on a designated date.
* Forums can be locked/unlocked on a certain date (can read but not post).
* Forums and categories can be sorted.
* Unlimited forum and category 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.
* 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 CenterForums
* 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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