{"id":32497,"date":"2024-02-08T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/?page_id=32497"},"modified":"2024-03-07T13:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:21:21","slug":"discussions-terminology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions: Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class='content-column one_third'><div id=\"bellows-main-discussions\" class=\"bellows bellows-nojs bellows-main bellows-source-menu bellows-align-left bellows-skin-vanilla bellows-type- bellows-expand-current\"><ul id=\"menu-discussions\" class=\"bellows-nav\" data-bellows-config=\"main\"><li id=\"menu-item-20943\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-home bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-20943 bellows-item-level-0\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Home<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-20945\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-20945 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Communication<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20949\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-20949 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/using-the-discussion-tool\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Discussions<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-32609\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-32609 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-terminology\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Discussions Terminology<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-33053\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-33053 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-creating-a-forum\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Forum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-33055\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-33055 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-creating-a-topic\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Creating a Topic<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-33123\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-33123 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-group-discussions\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Group Discussions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-33299\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-33299 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/discussions-grading-discussions\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Grading Discussions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20951\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-20951 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/discussion-statistics\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Discussion Statistics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20947\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-20947 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/discussion-tool-faq\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Discussions &#8211; FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><br><div class='content-column two_third last_column'><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussions Terminology<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few terms essential to understanding how discussions in Brightspace are structured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-base-3-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Forum<\/strong><\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>A discussion <strong>forum<\/strong> is a collection of related discussion topics, similar to a <strong>category<\/strong> in Assignments and Quizzes.<\/li>\n<li>There may be several discussion forums in a course, and each forum may contain one or several <strong>topics<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A forum cannot be graded, and thus it cannot be linked to the grade book.<\/li>\n<li>A forum cannot have a rubric attached to it.<\/li>\n<li>Students cannot post in a forum unless it contains a topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>Once a forum is created, an instructor has to add a topic (or topics) to it.<\/li>\n<li>A discussion <strong>topic<\/strong> is a place where students post their responses to a question\/prompt and reply to other students\u2019 posts.<\/li>\n<li>Topics have to be created <em>within <\/em>a forum \u2013 they cannot exist independently.<\/li>\n<li>Topics can be graded, and can be linked to the grade book.<\/li>\n<li>A rubric can be attached to a topic for evaluation purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Thread<\/strong><\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>thread<\/strong> is created when a student posts in a discussion topic. A discussion thread consists of the original post along with any replies to that post.<\/li>\n<li>There are often multiple threads per topic (each student may start their own thread).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Reply<\/strong><\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>reply<\/strong> is a response to another student\u2019s post in a thread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Post<\/strong><\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>discussion post <\/strong>refers to any message posted in a thread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d9f0fe\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Students cannot create discussion forums or topics. They can only start threads and reply to posts. Thus, the discussion area has to be set up by the instructor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The image below illustrates the different elements of a discussion in Brightspace.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default border\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8-1024x497.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8-1536x745.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/files\/2024\/02\/discussions8.png 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Discussions forum, topics, threads, and posts<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32497","page","type-page","status-publish","category-discussions"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32497"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33319,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32497\/revisions\/33319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}