Create a new topic-based discussion forum in the course, and put the topic of discussion and evaluation conditions in the header.
Setting up a topic-based discussion forum for scored student discussion:
- Enable scoring. A field will then appear next to the posts for entering the number of points. This will be saved in a notebook with the same name as the discussion forum name. In addition to the course teachers, discussion forum moderators can also score posts.
- Leave the disable mutual rating by participants option unchecked. You can further use student ratings of posts, for example to add bonus points to posts with the highest ratings.
TipA scholarly and fruitful discussion on a given topic does not usually develop in a course by itself. It may be necessary to set good rules for discussion, to score contributions, to give feedback to students and also, for example, to set a limited period of time when discussion can take place (e.g. a week before a seminar where the topic will be followed up).