Not all classroom discussions need to be synchronous. In these cases, Canvas has a discussion forum feature. Decide what kind of discussions will be most beneficial to your course: topic-driven or social-driven. Your discussion prompts and how you evaluate your students鈥� responses should reflect that decision.

 

This type of discussion board works especially well if you want your students to connect the course with current events or their own projects or work. Your discussion board serves as a digital 鈥渨ater cooler鈥� for your class. Your discussion prompts can be more general, such as asking them to post about the specific topic of the week.

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