Teaching Online at UTAS

From time to time, students may post something that you feel is inappropriate. An inappropriate post may contain a swear word, insensitive or offensive comment, or a put-down. Attempts to promote or sell a product or service, or push a certain idea, belief or agenda – especially when it is not related to the unit or topic – are also inappropriate. You may also feel that some posts are inappropriate given the nature of a discussion task, for example, extended ‘off-task’ social chit-chat is more appropriate in the Social Cafe Discussion.

While it is possible to delete Discussion posts, deleting them means that you will lose the record of the posts. You may prefer to quarantine a post so that you have a record of it, which can be useful should disciplinary action be required down the track. These instructions will show you how to quarantine a post.

Note that you should contact the owner of the post (the student) to inform them of the removal of the post, explain why it was removed, and provide suggestions as to how they can post in a more appropriate manner next time.