Lumi Idea for Discussions

Lumi Idea for Discussions provide assistance to create new discussion topics or refine existing ones for better interaction and participation.

  1. From the Assessments or Communication menu within a D2L course, select Discussions.
  2. From the Actions dropdown menu next to the Forum Title, and select Add Topic.
  3. On the New Topic page, select Generate Discussion Ideas.
    Generate Discussion Ideas link highlighted
  4. Select the Number of Ideas to generate.
  5. Optional: Select a Bloom's Taxonomy level appropriate for your assessment goals. If Bloom’s Taxonomy is unnecessary, leave the field set to Select Level.
  6. Select a Idea Source from the following options:
    1. Course Activities: Lumi Idea for Assignments will use all selected course activities to generate. Additionally, the source text can be edited, if needed.
    2. Custom Text: Assignment ideas will be generated based on texted entered into the text field box.
  7. Select Generate. In the Suggested Ideas dialog, a list of discussion ideas is generated.
  8. Select the idea to use for discussion.
  9. Select Insert.

    Note:

    If you are editing an existing discussion topic, select Proceed in the pop-up dialog.

  10. Fill in discussion topic details, such as the Topic Title and Grade Out Of.
  11. Select to make the discussion visible to students.
  12. Select Save.