BIBL 104 – Discussion Board Forum
General Instructions
Upon completing the weekly reading from Everyday Bible Study or Courageous Faith, you will be well equipped to respond to the provided prompt with a thread and 2 replies. Your thread and replies should demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas presented in the corresponding chapters of assigned textbook reading. Additionally, both your thread and response posts will illustrate your ability to summarize critical chapter elements in a clear and concise manner. There are three discussion board forums in our course and each forum is completed in 2 parts over the course of 2 modules/weeks:
- Discussion Board Assignment One – Weeks 1 and 2 (assigned chapters from Everyday Bible Study).
- Discussion Board Assignment Two – Weeks 4 and 5 (assigned chapters from Everyday Bible Study).
- Discussion Board Assignment Three – Weeks 7 and 8 (selected chapters from Courageous Faith).
In the first module/week of the forum, create a thread that directly addresses the prompt provided by the instructor. In the subsequent module/week, you will respond with meaningful replies to at least 2 classmates’ threads. The thread modules/weeks are 1, 4, and 7. The response post modules/weeks are weeks 2, 5, and 8.
The instructor will observe online discussions throughout the assigned modules/weeks and may interject his or her comments intermittently. Feel free to respond to the instructor’s comments in addition to the required replies to your classmates’ thread. Pay attention to the general guidelines provided below as you complete each part of the forums. More specific and prompt related instructions are provided for the individual thread or response posts.
Thread:
- Summarize related ideas that are presented in the textbook as it relates to the Discussion Board prompt.
- Support your thoughts and ideas with at least one significant quote from the textbook reading.
- Submit your thread of 400 words or more.
Replies:
In your replies, you are seeking to build rapport and community around the topic. You are also seeking to maximize our collective understanding of the material. Keeping that in mind,
- Look for areas of common ground or diversity between your comments on the prompts and your classmates’ finding(s) and engage each other.
- Connect and comment on areas included or not included in your classmates’ thread that you would like to share.
- Connect and comment on areas that are related to content from the textbook by including at least one significant quote in each of your response posts.
- Each reply must be at least 200 words or more
This course utilizes the Post-First feature in all Discussion Board Forums. This means you will only be able to read and interact with your classmates’ threads after you have submitted your thread in response to the provided prompt. For additional information on Post-First, click here for a tutorial.
Submit each thread by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the assigned module/week and your replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the following module/week, except for the Discussion Board Forum 3 replies. Submit your Discussion Board Forum 4 replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 8.
