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Discussion Board Forum Instructions

Discussion Boards Forums play an exceptionally important role in this course. One of the most effective ways of learning to write well is to analyze and discuss good writing, bad writing, and writing decisions with others. The Discussion Board Forums in this course will give you the opportunity to do that. Consider these threads and replies to be formal communications, on the same level as those you would conduct with employers, clients, or colleagues in the professional, political, or academic world. As such, your thread and replies must be free of grammatical errors, must be properly formatted in current Turabian style, and must be well-reasoned, contemplative, and substantive, rather than mere opinion or reflection. These threads and replies must provide citations to the sources and support for your ideas, as well as any quoted materials and/or borrowed ideas. Any sources used must follow current Turabian style.

Open, courteous discussion will yield the greatest opportunities for growth in this course. The art of communication is, in many ways, the lifeblood of effective political leadership. Everything you write—every paper, post, and email—creates or reinforces an impression of you. You are encouraged to begin to cultivate the communication skills necessary for the statesmen or stateswomen. Those skills include the ability to logically and persuasively speak the truth with compassion and respect.

You will take part in 4 Discussion Board Forums. You will create a 400–500-word thread presenting your own thread on the assigned topic and including biblical integration. Then you will post 200–350-word replies to at least 2 of your classmates’ threads. Each reply must be unique; merely posting the same reply in 2 places is not sufficient and may be treated as a form of academic misconduct.

Post-First

This course utilizes the Post-First feature in all Discussion Board Forums. This means you will only be able to read and interact with your classmates’ threads after you have submitted your thread in response to the provided prompt. For additional information on Post-First, click here for a tutorial.

Submit your threads by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned module/week. Submit your replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same module/week.