Discussion Discussions boards are built into the course in eCampus Ultra as a tab at the top of the course. Discussions can provide opportunity for thoughtful back-and-forth on the actual course topics or a place for students to ask questions about the logistics of the course. Discussions can be graded or not, and they can be organized into folders – for example if they will participate in a new discussion for assigned readings every week, you can group those discussions together.
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Place the discussion inside a lesson by adding as a content item to a learning module, folder or on the main content page.
Click the plus + to get the add content menu.
Click Create to choose what type of content to add.
Under the Participation and Engagement section, click on Discussion.
Enter a Name for this discussion at the top of the screen.
In the text box, share a question to prompt responses from your class. Click to Save set the topic.
Click the Discussion isn’t graded link that appears below the Discussion Settings heading (or click the gear icon).
On the settings panel, click the checkbox to Grade discussion. This will make the Grading and Participation options available.
Set a Due Date for when students should have added something to this discussion.
Choose a date from the calendar, and a time of day.
Click the checkbox to set whether to stop posting activity for this discussion after the due date has passed.
The Grade Category will default to Discussion - it will be calculated with the rules assigned for Discussions in the overall grade. You can change the category.
Choose the type of grading to be used for this discussion: assign letter grades, points, percentages, completion, or pass/fail.
Set the Maximum points available for participation in this discussion.
Select any additional grading tools that you’d like to use with this discussion:
Grade with a rubric
align with university goals & standards
assign participation in this discussion for groups.
Save the new graded discussion.make sure the steps work for …. order of operations to choose visibility for students and save and close the discussion when it will appear in the Gradebook and on the Discussion and content page where you put it.
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