Discussions - What Did Students Learn?

Overview

You, your Teaching Assistant, or any student can start a discussion while viewing an Echo by clicking the Discussions button (shown below).

These discussions are listed on the EchoCenter page, where you can view them in summary and respond to a particular comment. You can see:

• A list of all discussions in the Recent Activity pane
• Discussions specific to a particular Echo

Discussions offer an informal way for you to help students understand a topic or for students to help each other.

Recent Activity Pane

The Recent Activity pane (shown below) shows the most recent discussions in the course. These could have occurred in any Echo, not just the most recently recorded Echo.

A new discussion topic is tagged as TOPIC. A reply to an existing topic is tagged REPLY TO. Clicking on either of these or the course name opens the Echo to the scene that elicited the discussion.

The date and time shown beneath each item is the date and time it was entered. This can be any time after the Echo was posted to the EchoCenter page.

The most recent discussions are posted at the top of the pane:

• Click the Refresh icon in the upper-right corner to update the pane
• Use the slider to see earlier discussion topics

You can monitor these discussions or ask your Teaching Assistant to do so. You might want to:

• Respond to discussions or start a new discussion. To do this:
  
  1. Click on an item (either a TOPIC or REPLY TO) or click on the course name to open the EchoPlayer.
  2. Click on the Discussions button in the EchoPlayer.

• /wiki/spaces/54/pages/590217403 that amplifies a discussion topic.

Discussions for a Specific Echo

You can see the discussions for a specific Echo:

1. Select the Echo with the discussions you want to see.
2. Click on the Discussions tab.

   

3. Click on any discussion to open the Echo at that scene.
4. In the EchoPlayer, click on the Discussions button to add a comment.