Keeping discussions on track
One of the biggest challenges in using forums for an online class is keeping discussions focused on the topic. This becomes even more difficult when you allow students to create new topics in a forum. It is important to relate each topic to the learning objectives. It can be useful to refer back to the specific learning objective and even map it to the assessments. Moodle offers two tools that you can use to help keep discussions on track: custom scales and splitting discussions.
Using a custom scale to rate relevance
Moodle enables you to use a scale to rate student's work. A scale offers you something other than a grade to give the student as feedback. Scales can be used to rate forum postings, assignment submissions, and glossary entries.
To create and apply a custom scale, follow these steps:
- Users with the roles Administrator, Course creator, and Teacher can create custom scales.
- From the Administration block, click on Scales. This...
