{"id":52403,"date":"2024-04-03T19:12:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/learnanywhere3\/?p=52403"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:49:49","slug":"participating-in-class-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/uviclearn\/technology\/participating-in-class-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Participating in online class discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#F0F0F0&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;236px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||-2px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|5px|0px|5px|false|false&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;283px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|1px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||35px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;180px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In Echo360, you can ask and answer question about your videos and presentations. It\u2019s a good idea to ask your instructor how they expect you to make use of\u00a0the these\u00a0tools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#viewing\">Viewing class discussions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#posting\">Posting a question to the class<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#responding\">Responding to a question in the class<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#using\">Using the Q&amp;A tab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW57352750 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uvic.mywconline.com\/\"><strong>Book an appointment<\/strong> <\/a>with an academic skills advisor at the Academic Skills Centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;778.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|21px|-6px|0px|false|false&#8221; 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