Team Discussion
The teacher of a Manhattan classroom can divide students into teams for
the purpose of completing team-based projects. If your course
involves team projects, you can enable the Team Discussion module to
provide a forum for team members to collaborate.
The Team Discussion module is a forum similar to the Class Discussion
module. The difference is that messages are exchanged only
between members of the same team. (The teacher controls who is on
each team using the Assign Teams
item on the classrooms Configuration menu.) For example if you
are in team D, any message you post to the Team Discussion module can
be seen only by others who are in team D.
By enabling the Team Discussion module, you are providing a service to your students by giving
them a place in the online classroom to collaborate on their
team-based projects. As the teacher, you can choose to be on
ONE of the teams, but typically the teacher should stay out
of it altogether. That is, the teacher usually remains on
team 'Z' all by himself.
If you want to be involved in the teams' discussions, then
consider enabling the Team/Teacher module
If your course includes team-based projects, you can enable both the
Team Discussion and the Team/Teacher
Discussion modules. The
former provides a place for team members to interact without you, while
the latter allows the team to discuss things with their teacher.