The purpose of the
threaded discussions available for students enrolled in this course are to facilitate
sharing of thought, ideas, resources, and information related to IT Seminar.
A list of each discussion and
its link and the week in which the discussion begins is provided below.
Directions for participating in threaded discussions can be found below
or by clicking here.
Week 1:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, May 18 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, May 25 @ 5 PM.
Week 2:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, May 25 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, June 1 @ 5 PM.
Week 3:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be
completed by Tuesday, June 1 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, June 8 @ 5 PM.
Week 4:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, June 8 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, June 15 @ 5 PM
Week 6:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, June 22 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, June 29 @ 5 PM
Week 8:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, July 6 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, July 13 @ 5 PM
Week 9:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be
completed by Tuesday, July 13 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, July 20 @ 5 PM
Week 10:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be
completed by Tuesday, July 20 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, July 27 @ 5 PM.
Week 11:
Submission Deadlines:
Your initial post should be completed by
Tuesday, July 27 @ 5 PM.
Your replies to others should be completed by Tuesday, August 3 @ 5 PM.
To begin participating in threaded
discussions you should first read the brief description and instructions for posting and
replying to threaded discussions below. If you need a more detailed description of these
procedures click
here.
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Thread:
A thread is a directory or sequence of "posts." You can also think of it as a
sequence of responses to an initial message posting. This enables you to follow or join an
individual discussion in a newsgroup from among the many that may be there. A thread is
usually shown graphically as an initial message and successive messages are "hung
off" the original message. Each thread must have one original post and can have an
unlimited number of reply posts. Any registered users can contribute to any thread. There
is no restriction on the number of posts in any given thread. |
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Post:
A post is any message or comment that has been submitted. There are two kinds of posts:
original posts and reply posts. An original post begins a new discussion and acts as an
anchor for a new "thread." A reply post is submitted in response to an existing
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Participation:
It's easy to participate in a Threaded Discussion. Threaded Discussions allow you to share
ideas and discuss topics of interest with other class members. All assignments that
require you to post to a threaded discussion will also require you to read all of your
peers' posts and reply to them. |
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Posting to the threaded discussion:
- Click on the Threaded Discussion link in the
directions of the assignment.
- Read the topic of discussion and click on the word
Post at the top of the page.
- Fill in the Subject box with the topic of the week
(Assignment ? Name of Assignment).
- Fill in the From box with your name and e-mail
address. This is important! It is the only way for your instructor to identify that you
completed that portion of your assignment.
- Fill in the Comments box with the ideas you wish to
share.
- Click on Post Article at the bottom of the screen,
when you have everything filled out.
- After you have posted a message, return to the main
page and hit "refresh" or "reload" on your Web browser to view your
remarks.
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Responding to an existing message:
- After reading an existing message, click on the
Reply button at the top of the screen.
- Fill in that form, and Click on the "Post
Article" button at the bottom of the form.
- After you have responded to a previous message,
return to the main page and hit "refresh" or "reload" on your Web
browser to view your remarks.
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You may link directly to any of the
threaded discussion links below to read, post, and reply or you may reach the appropriate
discussion via the corresponding assignment page. Please remember that participating
in threaded discussions and posting messages to the course listserv are two different
things.
Troubleshooting Tip:
I strongly suggest that you use your word processor
to construct your original post for each threaded discussion. This will allow you to spell
check your assignment as well as save and keep a copy of it in case technical difficulties
arise and your post does not get submitted successfully the first time.
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