Other+Media

=What are some good venues for online discussions? = =Here are two that we have used successfully. =

[|Moodle] Forums

 * Secure/private (course administrator sets password, users must login to read and post)
 * Students can attach files to their posts to share images, projects, articles, etc. for conferencing or to deepen discussion
 * Course administrator (teacher) can easily create and manage groups for discussion forums, and there are many features for groups (groups can view each other's discussion forums or not, etc.)
 * Discussion forums can be archived

[|Voice Thread]([|Educator Accounts] Available)

 * Secure/private (creator sets permissions, users must login to post)
 * Students can post to discussion 5 different ways in the format of their choice -- voice recording by a computer microphone or a telephone, text, uploaded audio file, and webcam
 * Teachers can upload multiple images, documents or video as the foundation of the discussion
 * Teachers can decide whether student posts are available immediately or only after having been approved
 * Discussions can be embedded into websites, blogs and now Moodle
 * Discussions can also be converted to MP4 files and downloaded to a computer, CD/DVD, or flashdrive