Ideas: Create asynchronous discussion activities for students using one or more of the following instructional strategies:
- Possible discussion activities:
- Scenarios: Provide a scenario for students to respond to based on the instructional goals/content. You could provide more than one scenario and ask students to choose one of the scenarios to respond to or assign scenarios to individuals or groups.
- Debates and Roleplaying: Ask students to debate a specific topic and assign students roles/perspectives they must assume for the purpose of the debate.
- Research and Report-back: Ask students to search for and share articles, videos, or other artifacts related to course topics. Don't forget that students can access Library resources while off-campus.
- Instructor Tips for Online Discussions:
- Provide clear expectations for the length of discussion prompt and the number of responses to classmates.
- Set one deadline for the initial post and another deadline for responses.
- Everyone in the class can view the content on a discussion board. This is a good place for students to post content to share with the class. If you want students to share privately with you, the Assignments tool would be more appropriate.
- When creating a Discussion in Canvas, you may select an option that requires students to post before they can read other posts or replies (e.g., Users must post before seeing replies).
- Directions to create a discussion in Canvas
- Canvas Instructor Guide: Discussions