SchoolLoop Discussion Feature - 10 views

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  #1 Jeff Creamer on 07 Jan 15

   

  Who knew? Right out of the box, SchoolLoop itself provides most of Diigo's functionality, WITHOUT requiring you to create student logins. Read more here.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Who knew? Right out of the box, SchoolLoop itself provides most of Diigo's functionality, WITHOUT requiring you to create student logins. Read more here.</div>

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  #2 Jeff Creamer on 07 Jan 15

   

  To get an idea of what this allows, log into SchoolLoop and then click to see this amazing page created by Carolyn Holler's students.
  
  Now post a response using the discussion mechanism in this dummy example to try it out. Click "Egypt Challenges Per. 2", then Continue, then Discuss. Note the fancy Microsoft Word-style text editor used to enter your thoughts.
  
  This discussion mechanism is included in every SchoolLoop Notes/Blog Section Element. You can add one of these Notes Element to your Professional Page, as I did here. Or, you can create a subordinate page and add the Notes Element to it. [Note: If you try to add two Notes elements to the same page to create two separate discussions, it won't work. You will just get two panes displaying the same discussion. You must create a new mini-Site, whose Discussion cache will be shared by every page you add to it. Note I did this to create the dummy example linked above.]
  
  The really remarkable thing, though, is that a Discussion element is built into every assignment that you post to your Gradebook. A link to each active assignment appears in the lefthand column of a student's home page while the assignment is open (you may need to check the start and end dates you posted). The student simply clicks the assignment link to see your directions for the assignment. Beneath your directions is the Post button.
  
  Small links displayed near the assignment link also let students submit electronic documents directly to your Gradebook. The submitted document can originate from either from the student's Locker (recommended) or from their Desktop. When you view the scores for a single assignment, you'll see a link to the student's document to the right of their score box in your Gradebook.
  
  Do SchoolLoop Discussions eliminate the need for an external site like Diigo? In a majority of classroom situations, yes. However, Diigo's "notify" feature and profile photographs make a discussion being published for review by the general public more accessible.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">To get an idea of what this allows, log into SchoolLoop and then click to see <a rel="nofollow" href="https://lbhamilton.schoolloop.com/pf4/course_center/view?d=x&select_document_id=i24espd78r&tab_module=course_curriculum&group_id=1408775935918"> this amazing page</a> created by Carolyn Holler's students. <br /> <br /> Now post a response using the discussion mechanism in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lbhamilton.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1414144006657">this dummy example</a> to try it out. Click "Egypt Challenges Per. 2", then Continue, then Discuss. Note the fancy Microsoft Word-style text editor used to enter your thoughts. <br /> <br /> This discussion mechanism is included in every SchoolLoop Notes/Blog Section Element. You can add one of these Notes Element to your Professional Page, as I did here. Or, you can create a subordinate page and add the Notes Element to it. [Note: If you try to add two Notes elements to the same page to create two separate discussions, it won't work. You will just get two panes displaying the same discussion. You must create a new mini-Site, whose Discussion cache will be shared by every page you add to it. Note I did this to create the dummy example linked above.] <br /> <br /> The really remarkable thing, though, is that a Discussion element is built into every assignment that you post to your Gradebook. A link to each active assignment appears in the lefthand column of a student's home page while the assignment is open (you may need to check the start and end dates you posted). The student simply clicks the assignment link to see your directions for the assignment. Beneath your directions is the Post button. <br /> <br /> Small links displayed near the assignment link also let students submit electronic documents directly to your Gradebook. The submitted document can originate from either from the student's Locker (recommended) or from their Desktop. When you view the scores for a single assignment, you'll see a link to the student's document to the right of their score box in your Gradebook. <br /> <br /> Do SchoolLoop Discussions eliminate the need for an external site like Diigo? In a majority of classroom situations, yes. However, Diigo's "notify" feature and profile photographs make a discussion being published for review by the general public more accessible.</div>

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