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Re: Viewing Authors in an anonymous (for Students) discussion topic

rrezarta hyseni — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:49:18 GMT

Thanks for replying Harold. It helps to have this confirmed. I will look into a workaround through the Tracking tool...

Re: Viewing Authors in an anonymous (for Students) discussion topic

Harold Powers — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:20:40 GMT

Rrezarta

Unfortunately the documentation is incorrect. An anonymous discussion is exactly that. Authors of an anonymous post cannot be determined. I think there may be a VST at Behind the Blackboard but I am not sure.

Harold

Viewing Authors in an anonymous (for Students) discussion topic

rrezarta hyseni — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:01:22 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible for an instructor to view the identity/username of a student in an anonymous for Students discussion?

According to Blackboard help, it seems that this would be possible (hence the term 'for students'), however I was not able to make it work...

Here's the excerpt from Blackboard help, under Creating and Editing Topics:

"Under Author Identification, specify whether Students' names should display with their messages:

    * For user names to display, select Authors are identified by user names.
    * For postings to remain anonymous, select Authors are anonymous to Students.
      Note:     Author names display to Section Instructors and Teaching Assistants."

Has anyone else encountered this?

Is Blackboard Help wrong?