Does anyone use an online discussion board set-up for homework assignments? Most of my students are college-bound seniors and I think this would be a great skill to get them familiar with, since it's so common it is in college courses.

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I used discussion boards quite a bit last year during virtual classes due to COVID. However, this year the kids are struggling so much with communicating effectively with others that I’ve been using pair/small group discussion to foster this.

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Our district uses Canvas. I have started with posts of 50-100 words. Now students are writing 250 words easily. I told them 250 is usually the minimum for college discussion posts and now they don't complain as much!

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My 9th grader does them about three times per week. I think they are a great idea!

I use Google Classroom and they submit there. It’s great!

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