Setting Up Student Facilitators In Your Discussion

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Overview

Student Facilitation is a powerful tool for increasing engagement within your discussions and promote deeper learning for your students.  Learn how student facilitators can enhance your online discussions here: 

  • Best Practices for Student-Led Discussions. This 8-minute read explains some best practices for student-led discussions, including questions your student facilitators can use to promote discussion.
  • The Power of Student Facilitation. This short article and 40-minute webinar explain how to set up student facilitation in Harmonize, provide tips and strategies, and point to additional resources.

 

Configuring Student Facilitators

  • Open your discussion and Edit the settings.
    Edit discussion button

 

  • Click on the Student Facilitators tab.
    Edit Discussion: Student Facilitators Tab

 

  • Click the toggle button to turn student Facilitation On.  This will display the fields you need to setup your student facilitators.
Student Facilitation Toggled On

 

  • Select one or more students from the Assign Facilitators drop down.
Assign Facilitators drop down

 

  • Default instructions are automatically added for student facilitators, but you can edit the instructions however you see fit.  However, some instructions are required when you have Student Facilitation turned on.
  • Click Publish to save the settings.

 

Student Facilitators in Discussions

Once student facilitators are configured for a discussion, they will be listed underneath the discussion instructions.

Student Facilitator names shown in discussion

 

Student facilitators and instructors will also see a Facilitator Instructions button on the right. Pressing that button will display the instructions.

Facilitator Instructions button

 

Note that students that are selected as facilitators will see these instructions automatically the first time they open the discussion after they have been assigned

Students facilitators will get a unique badge next to their name throughout the discussion to help denote their role.

Student facilitator badge

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can I assign a separate grade for facilitators?

  • No. All students receive the same points and are required to fulfill the same milestones.

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