Unit Discussions
Dr. Adriana Badulescu
Unit Discussions▪ For discussions, you need to submit/post one original
initial post discussing a topic from the unit and submit/post four response posts during the response period.
▪ You need to follow the class netiquette. You will lose points for breaking the netiquette.
▪ Do not share solutions to assignments or other evaluations in your posts. You are going to lose points.
▪ No late submissions will be accepted.
▪ Post early to not lose the preferred topic and give the other students enough time to respond.
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Unit Discussions
Discussion Unit Chapters/Topics
Discussion 1 Chapters 18, 20, and 21
Discussion 2 Chapters 22, 23, and 24
Discussion 3 Chapters 25, 25, 27, 28, and 29
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Initial Posts▪ The initial post should summarize a subtopic/section from the Unit
Chapters
▪ Create a new thread containing the name of the topic/subtopic, the Chapter, location/page/section number in course textbook, and location/slide number/page in the Chapter presentation PDF in the thread subject/title
▪ The post body/message should have a minimum 300 words.
▪ The post should be original and should not cover any previously posted topics. You are not going to earn any credit for duplicated topics.
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Initial Posts▪ To find the topic in the Textbook:
▪ Go to the course eCampus Textbook and Softwaremenu to IncludEd Textbook
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Initial Posts▪ Go to the Chapter and open the Read section to find
the subtopic in the book or open the eBook, go to the Chapter and find your subtopics
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Initial Posts▪ For example, if I want to talk about the first subtopic in the book
which is about using recursion for computing factorials, in the textbook, I am going to go to the Chapter 18 and find the subtopic, which is in section “18.2 Case Study: Computing Factorials“.
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▪ Chapter is Chapter 18
▪ Section is 18.2 ▪ Name is “Case Study:
Computing Factorials“▪ Page is 721
Initial Posts
▪ To find the topic in the chapter presentation PDF:
▪ Open the Unit, find the Reading Assignment and Practice Exercise for the Unit and open the ChapterX.pdf where X is the chapter number
▪ Find your subtopic
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Initial Posts▪ For the example, I am going to go to eCampus and
open the Chapter18.pdf presentation under Unit 1, and the subtopic is on slide 4.
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Initial Posts
▪ Thus, for the example, I am going to name the Initial Post:
“Case Study: Computing Factorials- Chapter 18 -Textbook
Section 18-2 – Page 721 – Presentation Slide 3”
▪ Then make a minimum 300 words post in which I summarize
in my own words what is factorial, what is recursion, why
should I use recursion for factorial, how would the code
would look like, explain how would it work, why using
recursion is better/worse that other methods.
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Initial Posts▪ To post the discussion initial post
▪ Open the discussion
▪ Read the current thread subjects and make sure the subtopic was not posted already
▪ Click Create Thread to create a new thread for your post
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Initial Posts▪ Enter the Thread Subject/Title, Thread Message/Body
and click Submit to submit your post
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Initial Posts
▪ After you submit your post, you are going to see your post on top of the Discussion
▪ If you see a post with the same topic below (posted before you), you need to post a new topic
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Response Posts
▪ The response posts should add more information about the topic, ask questions, politely debate statements from the initial posts, respond to questions.
▪ Reply inside the thread and quote the original post you respond to.
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Response Posts
▪ Click on the Initial Post thread to respond
▪ This will open the original thread
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Response Posts
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▪ When you hover/move the mouse over the button Reply, you are going to see the Quote button
▪ Click on Quote button to start your response
▪ Note: If you need to edit your own post, this is where you can find the Edit option
Response Posts▪ Enter your response in the Thread Message/Body and
click Submit to post your response
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