Online discussion (Participation on Internet news websites)
Assessment method
Online discussion (Participation on Internet news websites)
Designed to encourage students to participate in discipline specific real-world discussions, this assessment sees students post in the 'comments' section of online news websites, using either the originally posted article or an existing comment as stimuli. Students write a total of three comments, the best two of which are marked.
First year,
Second year
Class size of
100-500
Medium security
Online Facebook participation
Sequence
Online Facebook participation
Throughout the semester students are asked to participate in online discussions of the course content. This task works really well for topics that have a visual component but could be used in other courses.
Second year
Class size of
80-100
High security
Sequence