Discussion on Topic

Cultivate an active, inclusive learning community with asynchronous discussion of course topics.
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Meaningful learning interactions to nurture critical and reflective thinking

Cultivating an engaging, interactive learning environment is key to promoting critical thinking and self-regulatory skills. And peer discussion is among effective ways to stimulate a space that encourages meaningful interactions, and reflections. However, the absence of physical contacts in online learning makes it challenging to facilitate student-student interactions.

Discussion on Topic lets instructors create engaging discussion forums to stimulate active learning, collaboration, and a sense of belonging.

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Create an inclusive, interactive learning environment with Discussion on Topic

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CREATE an engaging discussion platform

Instructors create discussion assignments, specify the instructions, discussion topics, deadlines, collaboration options, and other requirements.

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facilitate the discussion process

Students engage in the discussion with anonymity option, following the guidelines on giving comments set by instructors.

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Reflect on performance and grading

Students can write a reflection on their performance throughout the assignment, which can be counted as part of the final grade.

Tool features

Discussion in groups
Analytics on student participation

Provide detailed analytics on student participation and progress in the assignments, from which teachers can identify who has completed the required steps and which student might need help. 

Filters & sorting option

Allow teachers and students to identify which comments or points to focus on with multiple ways of filtering and sorting the discussion input: the most/least comments, the most upvotes, and more.

Submitter and replier anonymity

Set up discussion guidelines for students to have meaningful and effective dialogues.

Reflection

Set up a reflection step at the end of the activity, in which students write a reflection on what they learned from the discussion assignment.  

Students can discuss the topic individually or within groups. When the groups are activated, students can respond to the discussion prompt in the same assignment, while only seeing the contributions made by peers within their group.

Provide detailed analytics on student participation and progress in the assignments, from which teachers can identify who has completed the required steps and which student might need help.

Allow teachers and students to identify which comments or points to focus on with multiple ways of filtering and sorting the discussion input: the most/least comments, the most upvotes, and more.

Make submitters of discussion posts and repliers to those posts anonymous if desired. This promotes inclusivity by encouraging all students to contribute.

Set up a reflection step at the end of the activity, in which students write a reflection on what they learned from the discussion assignment. This encourages critical thinking and deeper understanding of the topics.

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LMS integration

Discussion on Topic, like all FeedbackFruits tools, integrates seamlessly into your native LMS. This enables single sign on (SSO) and automatic sync of groups, calendars, and gradebooks.

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"I really like the Discussion tool’s ability to give students the freedom to view and discuss each other’s work without the connotation of a summative assessment task."

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catherine fraser
Teaching Scholar

"This tool provided a better overview of students' performance and progress over the duration of the course. It enabled me to try new methods in teaching, prompt self-reflection on feedback, and guarantee anonymity in an online platform."

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Åsmund Hermansen
Associate Professor

"I noticed that learning of students improved. First, they were enthusiastic about the tool and also interaction between students really helped them to better prepared for the subject."

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dr. arnold moene
Associate Professor

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Streamlined learning activity setup

All you need to do is to describe the assignment, choose the right settings and enjoy.

easy-to-use, uniform design

All tools have a similar look and feel – which flattens the learning curve for both teachers and students.

Co-created with educators

Tools are co-created with educators from partner universities, thus support even the most advanced use cases.