Fiona
you can allow students to start discussions
when you create the initial thread you can decide whether to allow new threads
to be created
not sure about your groups questions - the group emails going to instructors
sounds a bit dodgy - there do seem to be quite a lot of frustrating aspects to
the Bb controls
HtH
ben
we would welcome any comments on our
blackboard support pages (+):
http://online.linst.ac.uk
Fiona Littleton wrote:
> Hi again!!!
>
> Was wondering about groups in Blackboard, from both perspectives.
>
> Idea came back last week about file sharing amongst students and Blackboard
> is seen as a way of doing this - but when I set up students in Blackboard
> groups they can file share, they can chat but they can't add forums to a
> discussion board and would have to bother the instructor every time they
> wanted to hold a discussion on something - they are MBA students so I think
> they can be trusted to discuss educational matters only. So am I missing
> something there or how can students start discussions, share files etc...
> Is Blackboard not suited? What group potential has Blackboard got?
>
> Thanks for your time, replies would be appreciated.
> Fiona Littleton
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