Journals are a place for students to privately communicate with you or as a self-reflection tool. Students can not view each others entries.
Students can make unlimited entries.
Creating a Journal
To add a journal, hover over the area in the Course Content you wish to insert the journal and click the plus sign. From the Add Content menu select create.
The Create Item panel will appear on the right-hand side of the screen. The Journal option is listed at the bottom of this panel.
When the journal is created, there are two optional actions:
- Add a name to your journal will make it easier for students to locate
- Add a prompt to tell students what the purpose of this journal is.
The journal name and prompt can be edited at anytime.
Journal Settings
Click on the settings cog icon in the top right-hand corner to open the Journal settings. The settings options are:
- Grade journal – This Journal counts for a mark
- Allow users to edit and delete entries
- Allow users to edit and delete comments
Setting Up a Graded Journal
Ticking the Grade journal box will allow for the journal to be marked. The will reveal further options in the panel.
- Due date
- Mark category (leave as journal)
- Mark using (Points, Percentage, letter, complete/incomplete)
- Maximum points
- Add a Rubric
By making your journal a graded journal a marking column will automatically be added to the Gradebook.
Journals are private between Instructors and Students on a course. They are unable to be viewed by other students on the module.
They are suitable for individual assessment but not group or class discussions.
Commenting on a Journal
Students can make journal entries and add images and links to them as well by either clicking on the plus sign or paperclip icon.
Once an entry has been written up, it can be posted to the students journal by clicking post in the bottom right.
You can make navigating a students multiple journal entries easier by changing the number of items per page that you can see.
Guide last updated on April 22, 2024
