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Create a Discussion
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To create a discussion in your course, you create a question and Discussion component in Studio. You
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can then encourage the students to respond by seeding the discussion space on edX or Edge.
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Create a Discussion Component
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Keep in mind the following best practices when you create a Discussion component.
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• Be very sure that you want to add the Discussion component. Discussion categories are
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immediately visible in your forum (on the Discussion tab for your course) when you create them,
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even if the unit that contains the Discussion component is set to Private.
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• When you create an ID for the Discussion component, be very careful—especially if you are
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adding the Discussion component to a running course. Follow the format in step 10 below to make
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sure that the ID is unique across all courses on edX.
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• Edit only the fields at the top of the Discussion component edit box. Do not change the XML in
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the large box.
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To add a Discussion component:
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1. Open Studio.
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2. Make a note of the **Display Name** of the Subsection you are in and the **Display Name** of the Unit
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you are in.
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3. At the location in the Unit where you want to start your discussion, create an HTML component
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that contains the question that you want students to discuss.
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4. Directly under this new HTML component, click **Discussion** under **Add New Component.**
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.. image:: images/image057.png
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5. When the following box appears, click **Discussion Tag.**
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.. image:: images/image059.png
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6. When the following box appears, click **Edit.**
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.. image:: images/image061.png
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The following editing box opens. You will change the values in the small boxes, but you will not
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change the text in the large box.
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.. image:: images/image063.png
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:width: 800
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*Note In the future, these boxes may be filled in for you with a default value.*
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7. In the **discussion_category** box, type the name of the category that you want to create for the
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discussion. You can include spaces.
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8. In the **discussion_target** box, type the name of the subcategory that you want to create for the
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discussion. You can include spaces.
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*Note The category and subcategory names only appear in the discussion forum for your course. They do
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not appear in the discussion space inside the Unit.*
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For example, if you set **discussion_category** to be “The Discussion Component” and you set
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**discussion_target** to be “Online Instruction Methods,” the category and subcategory appear as follows
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in the category list in the discussion forum:
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.. image:: images/image065.png
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:width: 400
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9. In the **display_name** box, type a name for the discussion. The display name appears when a student hovers the mouse over the ribbon.
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10. Click **Save.**
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Seed a Discussion Space in Your Course
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When you create a discussion, many students may feel hesitant to be the first to post an answer to
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your question. You can get the discussion started by posting your own answer—preferably anonymously
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or as a student, so that students will be more comfortable replying if they disagree with your post.
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To post as a student, follow the steps below. If you later want to reply as yourself, log back into
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your usual account and omit steps 1 and 2.
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1. Set up a test account on edX or Edge with an e-mail address that is not associated with your
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Course Team.
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2. Go to your course URL and register for your course.
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3. On edX or Edge, locate the Unit that contains the Discussion component.
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4. In the Unit, locate the discussion space.
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5. Click **New post.**
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6. Type a title for your post in the Title box, and then enter text for your post.
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7. If you want to, select the **post anonymously** check box or the **follow this post** check box.
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8. When you are satisfied with your post, click **Add Post.**
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Your new post appears at the top of list in the unit. Posts are listed in reverse chronological
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order.
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