Discussion Board Grader
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What is this?
Keeping on top of online discussion can be tough. You can see how many posts a student contributes in Blackboard, and you can assign a grade to that work.
Why would I use this?
If you're going to REQUIRE online participation in your course, you're going to need to give the student credit for the work. Students have a keen eye for what's optional. They probably will not use the Discussion Board unless it's a constant, lively part of the class and, oh yes, they'll use it if it's REQUIRED and is part of the course grade.
If they DO use it, they should receive credit for their individual Discussion Board participation! You will probably also want to see all the posts a student has contributed throughout a semester in order to decide how substantive their participation has been.
Who is using this?
Dozens of Hofstra faculty use the discussion board actively in their courses, and almost all give some sort of credit. (Since otherwise, students DON'T participate actively - see above!)
How do I use this?
If you want to grade your students' work - and we suggest that you do - you'll want to indicate how many points the forum is worth when you create a forum in the Discussion Board.
If a forum has a grade attached, when you view the forum, you'll see you have a Grade button:
If you click that button, Blackboard will pull up all that student's contributions and give you a place to enter a grade (number of points out of however many points you said the forum was worth.)
(Clicking on the student's login ID on this screen, by the way, pulls up a window where you can email the student - a handy way to send a message if you need to ask a student "Hey, what's going on, I see you haven't logged in for a while!")
There are other ways to access the screen where you assign grades, or where you see all the student's activity.
In your Control Panel, you can click on the Performance Dashboard to see how many posts a student has made to the Discussion Board. If you click on that number, Blackboard should show you all of that student's posts, pulled together on your screen.
You can also find a column for grade entry in your Grade Center.
You enter grades here just as you would enter any grade in the Blackboard Grade Center.
Where can I find additional resources?
We have more information on the Blackboard Discussion Board itself as well as about Blackboard in general.
Where can I get help?
Faculty Computing Services is here to help you!
- Email: FCSHelp@hofstra.edu
- IM Username: HofstraFCS
- Phone: 516-463-6894
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