Here at StudentVoice, we take pride in our capacity to network staff from different campuses for the purpose of sharing ideas and methods for assessment. For the past three years, StudentVoice has hosted an annual member meeting. This event has proven to be a valuable opportunity for StudentVoice users to meet their peers from other campuses and interact with our Assessment Consultants. However, the member meeting only occurs once a year and the experience is limited to the people that attend. In an effort to foster more routine communications and collaboration, StudentVoice has incorporated a "forum" feature into our recently updated website.
According to Webopedia (my go to online resource for techy terms) a forum is an online discussion group, in which participants with common interests (i.e. assessment) can exchange open messages. Odds are you have participated in or at least been exposed to a listserv. Think of a forum as a web-based listserv, where you can post an inquiry and your peers can post responses in a threadlike fashion.
StudentVoice has created a number of different forums at www.studentvoice.com to address specific topics of interest. When you get to our home page, click on the Community tab located in the upper left corner of the screen, and then select Forums in the menu revealed below.
I will create an example post so you can see how the process works. Let’s say I’m the Director of Student Support Programs and I’m interested in finding out how other campuses have assessed TRIO programs. Because my inquiry is related to Student Support Programs, I am going to select the Forum titled "Academic Assistance/Advising/Student Support Programs."
Once I am in the forum page, I will click on the “New Topic” button to post my inquiry.
In the Post New Topic screen, I have entered a subject line and message text. Also, at the bottom of the screen where it says “Options,” I checked the box to receive e-mail notifications when responses to my inquiry are posted.
Posting a reply is easy. All you have to do is navigate to my topic in the Academic Assistance/Advising/Student Support Programs forum and then click on the title of the topic.
On the following screen, select “Post Reply.”
Finally, type your reply in the message box and then click on the “Post” button at the bottom. That’s all there is to it!
I hope you found this blog to be helpful. If you have any comments or suggestions, please e-mail me at mweisman@studentvoice.com.
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