{"id":2237,"date":"2022-11-08T11:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T11:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2237"},"modified":"2023-03-15T01:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T01:20:09","password":"","slug":"sample-assignment-hosting-classroom-debate","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/sample-assignment-hosting-classroom-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Assignment: Hosting a Classroom Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Explore this example of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/p\/b730cb10-8ea6-475c-ae1d-7aa559c3be61\/81736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">classroom discussion<\/a> on the history of World War One.<\/strong><\/p><p>With Kialo Edu, you can have <strong>engaging and well-structured classroom discussions with your students about any given topic<\/strong>. Your students will be able to write claims, cite sources, collaborate, comment, and vote on the impact of each other&rsquo;s contributions. As the teacher, you will also be able to assign specific tasks for the discussion and give specialized teacher feedback that can be either private or visible to all.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_01F6HKYV4W9B1Y7D1WAZTRX56N\">Learning objectives<\/h2><p>Students will:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Practice research skills across a variety of sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in a structured discussion to present and evaluate fact-based opinions.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_01F6HKYZ8CJQNH823TAZY0H0VH\">Create your discussion in 5 steps<\/h2><ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/login?next=%2Fmy\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Login<\/a> or <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/register?next=%2Fmy\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">signup<\/a> for Kialo Edu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/creating-a-discussion\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"501\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Create a Kialo discussion<\/a> by clicking on the <strong>Create Discussion<\/strong> button in the top right of the My Kialo page.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-2608\" style=\"width: 308px\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/Create-Discussion.png\" alt=\"\"><br>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"a\">\n<li>In the discussion background, you can write specific instructions and include any useful links. You can also go back and edit this once the discussion is live.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During the creation process, you can enable <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/about-tasks\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"520\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Tasks<\/a> to ensure that students contribute a minimum number of claims and cite enough sources.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share the debate with students. To <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/inviting-participants-to-a-discussion\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"504\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">invite students directly<\/a> to the discussion:<br>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>While in the discussion, click the <strong>Share<\/strong> button in the top right of the screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Invite<\/strong>.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"275\" class=\"wp-image-2614\" style=\"width: 334px\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/Invite.png\" alt=\"\"><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the &ldquo;Invite to this Discussion&rdquo; section, use the <strong>Invite Users<\/strong> button to enter each of the students&rsquo; emails separated with a space, or enter students&rsquo; usernames if they&rsquo;ve already signed up. You can also use the <strong>Invite Teams<\/strong> button if you have already organized your classes into <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/about-teams\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"559\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">teams<\/a>. In any case, change the role of invited students to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/participant-roles-and-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"508\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Writer<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Invite<\/strong>.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"678\" class=\"wp-image-2612\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/Invite-Users.png\" alt=\"\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"616\" class=\"wp-image-2610\" style=\"width: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/11\/Invite-Teams.png\" alt=\"\"><br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alternatively, you can also create a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/about-link-sharing\/\" data-type=\"docs\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">sharing link<\/a> for students to click, which is faster to set up. However, be wary of students sharing the link outside the classroom.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>Have a debate! As <a href=\"https:\/\/support.kialo-edu.com\/en\/hc\/participant-roles-and-permissions\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"508\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">Writers<\/a> in the discussion, students can add, edit, and move their own claims, as well as comment on each others&rsquo; claims to suggest improvements.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_01F6P5M2MZ9TEG6CZK56HRD92C\">Sample discussion<\/h2><p>To open this sample discussion in a new tab, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/p\/b730cb10-8ea6-475c-ae1d-7aa559c3be61\/81736\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">click here<\/a>.<\/p><div data-height=\"auto\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/p\/b730cb10-8ea6-475c-ae1d-7aa559c3be61\/81736\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\" rel=\"nofollow\">What caused World War One?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/strong> &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\">kialo-edu.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kialo-edu.com\/assets\/static\/js\/embedded-kialo.min.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div><p><\/p><p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9f1fb\"><strong>Licensing<\/strong>: This sample assignment is licensed under a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>. You are free to edit and share this to your needs as long as the appropriate terms are followed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore this example of a classroom discussion on the history of World War One.With Kialo Edu, you can have engaging and well-structured classroom discussions with your students about any given topic. Your students will be able to write claims, cite sources, collaborate, comment, and vote on the impact of each other&rsquo;s contributions. 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