Discussion Hero
Tool Time Demo 2020
Presenter: Jacob Collins, Senior Developer, Teaching & Learning Technologies
What is it?
Discussion Hero is a Canvas tool developed at Northwestern University that provides an entertaining and engaging game-style approach to participating in discussion boards. The philosophy behind Discussion Hero is that online discussion boards can be made more productive by leveraging game-style formats that encourage diverse points of view, questioning, and respectful debate and dialogue. It uses traditional awarding of points with a game-like progress meter that is generated by a customizable rating rubric. This progress meter allows students to see how they are performing on their discussion posts in real-time and provides an incentive to view participation as healthy competition.
How do I get it?
Install Discussion Hero directly into one of your Canvas courses by following the instructions on the Canvas Learning Apps website.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will be using Discussion Hero to complete your work. Use the left blue course navigation menu to enter the site. Follow the prompts to select an avatar and select the plus button to create a new topic or click on a post to reply. Use the pathway or message button at the top for two different views of the same posts. For help with this tool, please contact canvas@northwestern.edu.
Where do I get help?
Check out the built in help guides or contact Jacob Collins at jacob.collins@northwestern.edu.