Tutorial : Exercises and use of Forum

MOOC Scientific Humanities

Table of contents: 1-Evaluation of exercises 2-Types of exercises 3-How to publish your exercises on the Forum 4-How to browse the forum 5-How to consult your blo an! other contributions "-How to use the other sections of the Forum

1-Evaluation of exercises: For this first version of #$$%& exercises will not be assesse!' However& (runo )atour will ma*e two sessions of fee!bac* on the best articles an! comments from your blo s +sessions 5 an! ,-' #oreover& several mo!erators will be involve! to answer your .uestions on the exercises an! ui!e you in your assi nments' /e also encoura e you to comment an! !iscuss to ether on the forum' 2-Ty es of exercises: There are two types of exercises0 -$ne main exercise consistin in creatin & throu hout the , sessions& a news monitorin blo +see session 1-' Each wee*& you will post new articles on your blo an! comment them' 1ew articles must be poste! in a !e!icate! section of the Forum +see next section-' - $ther exercises will be propose!& for example the 2 bubble exercise 3 in se.uence 2& 2 the socio-technical analysis 3 in se.uence 3& or the exploration of a controversy in se.uence 4' These exercises are ma!e only once !urin the session where they are propose!'

!-Ho" to ublis# your exercises on t#e Forum: 4t the en! of each se.uence& the last unit inclu!es an exercise mo!ule i!entifie! as follows0

(elow the title of the exercise& there is a section of the forum in which the exercise must be poste!' 5ou can access the other posts by clic*in on 2 6how !iscussion 3 or a!! your post by clic*in on 2 1ew 7ost 3'

The other way to post an exercise !irectly from the forum consists in creatin a new post on the forum'

Then you may assi n it to the se.uence to which it is relate!' For example0 -for the 2 1ews monitorin (lo 3 please choose0 4ssi nments8691-(lo -for the 2 (ubble exercise 3 please choose0 4ssi nments8692-(ubble exercise -For the 2 socio-technical analysis 30 4ssi nments8693-6ocio-technical analysis

:t is stron ly a!vise! to either start the hea!in of your post with the reference of your exercise or to .uote the reference of your news monitorin post& in or!er to better i!entify it'

$-Ho" to bro"se t#e forum: /hen you are on the !iscussion forum& all !iscussions are !isplaye! chronolo ically by !efault' However& several sortin filters are available0 5ou may sort by section to access the !iscussions correspon!in to a specific exercise by clic*in 2 6how all !iscussion 3

Then select the section you wish

5ou may also sort the !iscussions by !ate& comment& or votes'

%-Ho" to consult your blo& and your contributions: To et a chronolo ical view of your contributions or somebo!y else;s& you may clic* on his8her name in a post to access the pa e that athers all his8her posts an! comments'

'-Ho" to use t#e ot#er sections of t#e Forum 0 $n top of the 2 4ssi nments 3 section& the forum !isplays three more sections0 - The 2 <eneral 3 section& in which you intro!uce yourself an! !iscuss freely' - The 2 %oncepts = #etho!s 3 section& in which you may as* .uestions or comment on concepts an! metho!s propose! in the class' - The 2 Technical issues 3 section& in which you may as* .uestions or inform us of #$$% technical problems