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More than 1 layer of response in discussions

Jeromey Martini

November 16, 2010 03:05

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Request having more than 1 layer of response in discussions; ie, being able to respond to a response, and to a response of a response, etc.

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  Toby Robinson February 01, 2017 00:11 Official comment

  You can now reply to a reply.

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  Leona Dorothy January 19, 2011 19:11

  Agreed.  The discussions can get cumbersome to follow when they get long and you can only go one response deep.

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  Raul Lozada October 22, 2014 13:27

  JMJT
  
  

  Our faculty and students are requesting this feature. The discussions are lively in most classes, and it is difficult for our users to keep track of where a discussion comment, or the context of the comment, belongs. It is causing high cognitive load and split-attention effect.

   

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  Prof. Patrick Madrid October 22, 2014 13:27

  Yes, please add this feature. It would be a significant improvement to have threads within a discussion (e.g., sub-responses, etc.). Adding this feature would make the Populi discussion experience much more intuitive and user-friendly for instructors as well as students.

  Patrick Madrid

  (Instructor)

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  Ginger Howell November 05, 2014 14:46

  I have my PhD in instructional design, and my dissertation dealt with online discussions.  Not allowing students to comment on responses, especially to teachers's responses, really hinders knowledge construction, which is the whole point of discussions.  I see that Populi is not planning on this feature, but I request Populi to reconsider this function.  This would take discussions from an accountability exercise into an activity that grows understanding and facilitates collaboration.  

  The faculty on my team is requesting this feature. Please reconsider!!!!!

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  Jeromey Martini November 05, 2014 16:19

  Agreed!

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  Wayne Flora September 01, 2015 16:27

  I am professor at PTS -- we need this feature for guided and constructive responses to responses.  As instructor, I cannot respond to peer-to-peer replies without noting in primary thread -- students easily miss the directive if it is not directly under their thread.  Wayne Flora

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  Anna Spears September 05, 2015 02:02

  Yes, please add this feature.
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  Samuel Howard January 24, 2016 20:39

  This would be very useful!

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  Gail Schlosser December 15, 2016 22:11

  Yes, please! Allowing replies to replies will be very helpful!

   

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  Adam Sentz December 15, 2016 22:14

  @Gail - We are planning to add replies to replies, but not replies to replies to replies. 

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  Andrew Sears September 06, 2017 19:46

  Agreed. This could be very helpful.  The wall of text problem can be very confusing.