Activity 4: Add a Discussion Forum to your course

Overview

In this activity, each group is required to add a discussion forum to each topic of your module on the TeacherFutures LMS. Below are links to the INSET modules. Click on the relevant link to begin editing your module.  

1. Module 1: Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
2. Module 2: ICT for Teachers
3. Module 3: Learner Centered Approaches
4. Module 4: Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA)

 Before you begin...

Discussion forums can play an  integral part of online course that supports peer-to-peer learning through  sharing of experiences, suggestions and feedback. 

Your assignment now is to create a discussion forum in each topic of your course.  

Task 1: Adding a Discussion Forum

Follow the following steps in this tutorial below to learn how to add a discussion forum to an online course. 

Watch the video: 

Assignment submission instructions

Discussion

Once you have your rubric ready, start a new thread in the Discussion forum and give feedback on the creating discussion topics  through participation in the Uploading Course Materials discussion. In your groups, make sure that you provide each other with constructive feedback about the structure and organization of the rubric. Feel free to make suggestions about different ways of going about structuring the rubric.