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- Open Class Discussion
- Guided Discussion
- Post and Reply to Two
- Assignment Post
- Peer Review
- Reply to an instructor designed question
- Blog Like Discussion
- Text-based posts
- Video or audio posts (PoodLL)
- Other
Interaction Guidelines
Consider including Interaction guidelines in your syllabus. These guidelines can help students to understand your expectations about how to treat you and their peers, ask genuine questions, and hold space for things they disagree with or don't understand.
Example Interaction Guidelines
It is expected that in this course, we will all work to create a spirit of respect, curiosity, and dialogue, partly by following the guidelines below. The extent to which you demonstrate the capacity for this in your interaction in class discussions, forums and other course-related contact with instructor and students will be reflected in your grade. By your enrollment in this course, you agree to follow these guidelines for interaction with instructors and other students:
- Presume welcome and extend welcome—in informal interaction, in small group discussion, and in large group interaction.
- Refrain from fixing, saving, or setting straight others in the class.
- Avoid making your experience normative for others.
- When the interaction gets tricky, turn to inquiry rather than advocacy (wonder about something instead of defending something). Pay attention to the distinction between dialogue (which begins with a question) and debate (which begins with an answer).
- Make sure your questions are real questions, not ones intended to make a point, demonstrate prior knowledge, or communicate a hidden agenda.
- Observe confidentiality, especially regarding material shared by other students.
Forum Guidelines and Grading Criteria Examples
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