Best Practices for Discussion Boards
Start Date
30-5-2024 2:15 PM
End Date
30-5-2024 2:45 PM
Document Type
Presentation
Description
Discussion boards can be an effective means of facilitating student participation and peer-to-peer interaction in both online and traditional classrooms. This session will review different types of discussion boards and how discussion boards can fit into the larger course structure. Examples of prompts, instructions, and rubrics will be provided. We will walk through the process of creating a discussion board and managing a discussion in the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
A free version of the Canvas LMS, including the discussion board feature, is available for educators. Participants can sign up here if they want to follow along with the demonstration or develop their own practice discussion boards.
Speaker Bio
Julie Tedjeske Crane is a Reference Librarian and Professor of Legal Research at the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and went on to earn a Master of Library Science, Master of Information Science, and Juris Doctorate, all from the University of Pittsburgh.
Julie worked as an attorney for over 15 years, practicing general civil litigation. She has also been an academic librarian at La Roche College and the University of Pittsburgh and an academic law librarian at Duquesne University and Chicago-Kent School of Law.Julie is interested in instructional design, UX design, critical legal information literacy, and promoting the use of OER. She has taught a variety of credit-bearing classes in J.D., paralegal, and pre-law programs. In addition to her library and law degrees, she has a Certificate in Instructional Design from Georgetown University, and she has been qualified as a Certified Canvas Educator and a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer.
Best Practices for Discussion Boards
Discussion boards can be an effective means of facilitating student participation and peer-to-peer interaction in both online and traditional classrooms. This session will review different types of discussion boards and how discussion boards can fit into the larger course structure. Examples of prompts, instructions, and rubrics will be provided. We will walk through the process of creating a discussion board and managing a discussion in the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
A free version of the Canvas LMS, including the discussion board feature, is available for educators. Participants can sign up here if they want to follow along with the demonstration or develop their own practice discussion boards.