The discussion and file-sharing tools provided by Blackboard can enrich communication in the web-enhanced traditional classroom as well as in the online venue. These tools provide faculty with a wealth of opportunities for building course communities, encouraging academic discussion outside the classroom and collecting assignments electronically.
Asynchronous discussion resembles an electronic bulletin board, where users post their messages when they have time. Other users enter the discussion according to their own schedules. In an asynchronous discussion board, a forum is a general topic for discussion. A thread is subordinate discussion within the forum.
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Last Updated: 09/05/2007