Discussion boards are useful tool facilitate learning, asynchronous communications in both face-to-face and online or hybrid courses. A discussion board might be used to begin a conversation amongst students prior to a class meeting, or continue a conversation following a class meeting. Discussion boards can also be used as assessment tools by turning on grading.
Service Details
| Blackboard Discussion Boards | Text-based threaded discussion boards. |
| Harmonize | An alternative to Blackboard's discussion board that offers text, audio, video, annotation. Also offers multiple due dates. |
| Voicethread | Multimedia discussion boards that offer support for audio and video commenting. |
| Yellowdig Engage | An external discussion board that is integrated into Blackboard. Offers community building and gamification capabilities. |
| Policies | See specifics about policies. |
Users
- University Wide