UAGC is proud to support the learning and development of a diverse student body. Doing so requires facilitating productive classroom interactions, where course content interfaces with a large variety of personal and professional experiences. Any student post that potentially could disrupt the learning environment is a valuable teaching opportunity that can help the entire class understand how to express their perspectives and learning process through reflection and civil discourse. With that in mind:
- Do not delete students' discussion forum posts. Doing so can interfere with how a student's attendance is captured, interfering with critical institutional compliance processes.
- Use course learning outcomes to help focus or direct the student's post and/or classroom discussion to the course materials or competencies at hand.
- Consider contacting the student directly to check on them, address possible questions that are underlying their post, and discuss expectations for civil, scholarly classroom discourse and how the student can meet them.
- If the above approaches do not achieve the desired outcome, contact your Program Chair or Faculty Support Consultant for further support and guidance on the next steps.
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