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- May be intimidating for some students who are not comfortable writing for public scrutiny among peers.
- May not spark the same level of interest in all students and postings; consequently, may lack required substance.
- May produce a certain level of stress in the students if responses to original posts are required from the instructor with a set minimum amount of words. Especially if the original posts for which they are to respond lack substance.
- May contain many posts that lack substance if the grading rubrics require a certain number of words rather than quality responses.
- May feel like a burden to students when there are lots of other assignments, or assignments that require a hefty investment of time.
- May be viewed as a waste of time by students if students do not receive any feedback from their peers or the instructor on the postings.
- May be difficult to read if students type in their postings first in a word processor in order to make symbols, etc. It is best if student use WebCT's built in HTML editor to produce these symbols.
- May not be relevant to students working ahead of schedule, discussions may not be relevant to current work.
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