Discussion Walls

The discussion area of the platform is called the Discuss Wall. If teachers choose to enable it, the Discuss Wall offers users within one section (one class, as organized by the teacher) an open forum for discussion. (Note that students in different sections cannot see one another’s discussions.) Teachers can create prompts for students to answer, and students can initiate discussion threads of their own. Posts can include an image upload, or a link to a video or other content online. The Discuss Wall also contains one pre-populated discussion prompt per lesson from the News Literacy Project. Teachers should use the Discuss Wall in whatever way best suits their students and objectives: not at all, as extra credit only, or as a required part of their unit.