Type
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Blogs
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Journals
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| Course-wide (overall course) |
- Can create any number of blogs
- Anyone can post to the blog
- Option to enable anonymous blog entries
- Create a Course Blog
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- not applicable as journals are individual between student and instructor
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| Group |
- Accessed via group area
- Must set up groups and enable blogs
- Any member of group can post
- Anyone in group can view and post comments
- Add a blog link in the course menu for easy access
- Anonymous blog entries and comments may be made, if instructor enables this feature
- View Create Groups
- View Blog settings
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- Accessed via Group area
- Must set up groups and enable Journals
- Any member of group can post
- All group members can see each other's journal posts
- Can choose whether non-group members should be able to view posts by group members or not, default non-groups members can view journal posts of other groups
- View Create Groups
- View Journal settings
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| Individual |
- Accessed via Blogs screen or by adding Blog to Content area from Tools Menu
- Each user has their own area where they can post (click on their own name to find it)
- All students can read and make comments
- Only anonymous comments may be made
- View more information
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- These are best added within a Content area from the Tools menu
- Each user has their own journal
- Instructors can set the journals to be private or shared
- A private journal can only be viewed by the student themselves and the instructor, the shared journal can be read by all course users
- No anonymous posts or comments
- View more information
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