{"id":18852,"date":"2024-05-15T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/?p=18852"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:24:47","slug":"key-topic-discussions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/key-topic-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Key topic: Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Ultra Course Discussions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;min-height:327px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber);border-left-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Key information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Discussions allow interaction within a course or organisation.&nbsp;Discussions facilitate asynchronous group discussion and class work, and can be used to encourage students to think critically and share their thoughts before or beyond live teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">\u00a0See how <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/discussions\/\">Discussion Forums can be used for different learning activities.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan);border-left-width:4px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">How it works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color\">You can have multiple Discussions on your course they are essentially web pages displaying messages between contributors (students and instructors) about a specific topic, sometimes including links, images and other file attachments. 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