Paul,
Bb v6 has a new facility to create 'course links' within content areas and
announcements etc. If you have the discussion board set up on the main side
menu bar you can link to specific discussion board forums. For example
within a folder in a content area you can put a mixture of any learning
materials, online tests, the new 'assignment' tool for submitting
coursework, and links to discussion board forums together - it helps to
structure learning for students and improves navigation.
Nick Bunyan
Learning Technology Developer
Centre for Lifelong Learning
The University of Liverpool
128 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool L69 3GW
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44(0) 151 794 1163
Web: http://www.liv.ac.uk/cll
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: Discussion boards - customisation?
> Hi everyone,
>
> We're using Bb v5 at the moment and I've just had an interesting request
> from one of my students. One student (new to Bb) had posted a comment
> saying that they didn't find the discussion boards easy to access or
> follow. Another student replied independently that the discussion board
> was pretty much standard to other boards, which is what I had thought
> but it was nice for a fellow student to confirm this.
>
> However, they said navigation to the board was a bit awkward and could
> we customise this for easy access from the 'my institution page'. I know
> you can't do this in v5 but I thought this was a very good suggestion so
> just wondered if it might be possible with v6?
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
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> Centre Manager, Dissemination & Networking
> LTSN Physical Sciences Centre
> Department of Chemistry
> University of Hull,Hull HU6 7RX
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