Discussion Posts: You will be given a writing prompt and/or activity to guide each discussion.
In each discussion post, you are expected to engage with the assigned texts. Discussion Posts are due weekly, on Wednesdays by 11:59 pm.
Discussion Posts should be:
- 400-600 words, unless otherwise specified. Longer, but not shorter, posts are fine.
- written in complete, well-formed sentences & carefully proofread
- engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
- submitted by going to the plus sign at the top of the site > type a title* and type the body of your post > choose the category “Discussion __” with the corresponding number for the discussion on the right > publish.
- *Please use the title format “[FirstName] [LastName] Discussion __” (insert corresponding discussion number)
Discussion Responses: Will be in the form of comments on the work of your peers. You are expected to engage your classmates’ work by responding to their discussion posts. Please respond to at least THREE of your peers’ discussion posts each week. Responses are due on Fridays by 11:59 pm and should be:
- a minimum of 3-4 complete sentences
- carefully proofread
- engaged with the assigned text by explicitly referring to and/or citing them
- submitted as a comment on the post of a classmate by selecting the title of the post > scroll down to where you leave a reply > type the comment > post comment.
