Enhance Your Course:Discussion Board

How to Use Online Discussion Board Tools to Truly Get Your Students Interacting and Thinking

Transform

Get Them Talking…

• Let them have fun—no standard ice-breakers here!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQOds0kCgOk

• Let them discuss course assignments…even testsThis can help the instructor “eavesdrop” and check for

understanding

• Share relevant clips that support and extend course contentThe instructor will need to monitor and guide the discussion—no

student left out

Use Ice-Breakers to Not Only Introduce but to Learn a Tool

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Students will be shown commercials in which to identify and analyze the following elements: Summary Statement (Thesis Statement) Key Points (Supporting Information) Credibility Audience Various Persuasive Elements

*A link to the commercial will be provided on Blackboard/Moodle or other means so that the students may view the commercial multiple times if needed. Old Spice Commercial (humor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE Subaru Commercial (Emotional): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F3-InOdMP4 Suave Shampoo (Expert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__evLVeZncY Dawn Dish Brush (Informative): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjVnnMTPKHQ