{"id":555,"date":"2010-04-21T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/?p=555"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T18:10:13","slug":"the-many-facets-of-discussion-general-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/2010\/04\/the-many-facets-of-discussion-general-information\/","title":{"rendered":"The many facets of Discussion \u2013 general information."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you create a Discussion Forum or Topic, you should provide instructions as to what type of postings are to be made in that specific area of the tool.  This is also an opportunity to model the type of communication you consider acceptable within your online classroom.  Or, even spell out your expectations and netiquette guidelines if desired.  I usually start with a general statement that explains the basics.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-553\" title=\"About Discussion\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/About-Discussion.jpg\" alt=\"About Discussion\" width=\"549\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/About-Discussion.jpg 549w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/About-Discussion.jpg?resize=300,136 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For information on the \u201chow to\u201d of creating Discussion Forums and Topics, <a title=\"Click here\" href=\"http:\/\/uakron.edu\/dotAsset\/1048585.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regards,\u00a0 Dr. Jill<\/p>\n<p>Jonnie &#8220;Jill&#8221; Phipps, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum Designer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you create a Discussion Forum or Topic, you should provide instructions as to what type of postings are to be made in that specific area of the tool. This is also an opportunity to model the type of communication you consider acceptable within your online classroom. Or, even spell out your expectations and netiquette [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[283,285],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-discussion","tag-netiquette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}