Forums allow students in a class or any group that you choose, to post (with an attachment) so everyone else in the group will see their post. This is a great way to promote offline conversations in a group or class that is moderated and within Seqta.
TO CREATE A FORUM:
- Click on the teaching workspace
- Select Forums at the bottom
- Choose "New Forum" from the top left
On the window that opens add the students by selecting them individually, or easier, use the three dots. You can then add students by year, house, group or class. Add a title and a message to describe the forum and choose "Save". All the students will then be able to access the forum from their Seqta page.
Applications: Use your imagination! Anything where you want to get responses from students. I used this last year to do a Connect/Extend/Challenge task with my students in analysing a speech we had watched. After everyone had responded, each student then read and commented on others responses.
OLD FORUMS:
If you had a forum last year, it will still show up for students so if you won't use this year please either close the forum or edit it and delete the old students and add new students.