K-State Online Introduces Social Media Tool

K-State Online has introduced a new blogging and wiki tool that can be used in courses at Kansas State University. This tool, powered by Campus Pack, allows users to do the following:

• Course instructors can create as many blogs or wikis needed for a course.
• Course instructors can choose to create a blog or wiki for the course, for each student, or for a group created using the K-State Online Student Groups function.
• Students and faculty can receive email notifications for the blogs and wikis to which they subscribe.
• Student participation in the course blog or wiki may be monitored by the instructor.
• Blogs and wikis can be shared with the public, although the public cannot participate.

Help documents and video tutorials are available in the K-State Online help, which can be accessed by clicking the help button in the top-right corner of any K-State Online page.

The tool has been piloted in K-State courses, and was launched for all faculty and students in January.

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