Commenting and Learning Modules in Blogs@Baruch*

Modules in this class will be mostly made up of pages like this one. Inside those pages might be interactive elements or other areas of the internet to visit, but this site is the course and module home.

You need to be signed in to Blogs @ Baruch in order to leave a Comment. If you have trouble signing into Blogs @ Baruch, let me know.

On most pages in a week’s module, you’ll often be asked to Comment at the bottom of the page before moving on. This is how I will mark you as having completed the module for your grade.

  • In order to get counted for completing a Learning Module, you must have responded to all Comment prompts in the module.
  • To count, Comments must be:
    • (1) on topic, and
    • (2) at least three coherent sentences long (unless the prompt specifically asks you to do something else).
  • Please write your Comments in complete sentences (don’t spit out short comments like “yep”).
  • Comments should offer meaningful participation—an attempt to engage with what’s being asked and/or what’s been said so far in the Comments.
  • Comments that offer no meaningful participation (i.e. are not on topic, are not complete or readable ideas) will not count, and will negatively impact your grade.

 

Let’s try it out

Go to Introductions and make a comment on one of your classmates’ introduction posts following the above criteria. Try to spread the love, if you can, if you notice anyone with a post that doesn’t have any comments.

If you are the first one making a comment and doing this module, write: “First! I am a force of homework completion that cannot be contained!!!” …and then later on read through some of your classmates’ posts to get to know them a little better.

 

After commenting on someone’s “Introductions” post, click the below button to continue on:

Button with text that reads click here to continue

 

*Adapted from Prof. Seth Graves