Journals
Journals are personal spaces for students to communicate privately with you. Students can also use journals as a self-reflective tool. They can post their opinions, ideas, and concerns about the course, or discuss and analyze course-related materials. Only the student and instructor can view entries in their Journal.
Create a Journal
- On the Course Content page, click the plus sign (+) wherever you want to add a journal and click Create in the menu
- In the side panel, under Participation and Engagement, click Journal
- Provide a name in the upper left and type instructions in the text box
- Click the gear icon in the upper right to configure settings, such as enabling grading
- Make the Journal visible or use Release Conditions to set when the Journal should be visible
Generate a Journal Prompt
You can also use the AI Design Assistant to generate a journal prompt. By default, it will use the course title to generate the prompt, but you can use the settings to provide additional context, like a written description or by pointing to other content in your course. You can also specify the level of Bloom's Taxonomy that you would like to use for the journal prompt.
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