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Build Community

"Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I'll remember, involve me and I'll understand."
George Kissell

PictureCommunication Tools (11 min)
An introduction to the Community
Building tools available to you.
Community Building OverviewCommunity Building Experience (4 min)
Professor Victoria Author speaks on the
importance of building a community.

Recommendations

  • If your communication needs are basic, the simplest solution may be Announcements & Email, or a Discussion Board.
  • If you need a live classroom of experience where you present and share visuals while talking with your students, Collaborate may work for you.
  • If you mostly just need to chat live with your students or colleagues, then Skype may be simpler.
Announcements & Email Send announcements, email, internal course messages. more »
Collaborate Live web conferencing designed to simulate a live lecture classroom. more »
Blogs & Journals Blogs are shared with fellow students, Journals are private. more »
Discussion Boards Asynchronous threaded conversations. File attachment allowed. more »
Voice BoardsRecord voice discussions, rather than text dicussions. more »
Student Groups Group file sharing, blogs, discussions, email, journals, and wikis. more »
Wikis Students can contribute to course related materials. more »
Remove ActivityRemove blogs, journals, dicussions, etc. more »
Adaptive Release Limit access to course content for specified students. more »
Skype An easy to use conferencing tool, great for office hours. more »
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