Source Usage (DB)

Liberty Student Discussion Board Details

Gather plenty of sources for your assignments.  Discuss them with your friends (phone, text, at work), family (over dinner, by phone, or in the car), and classmates (in the Collaboration forum).  When you use them, you should be well informed and have a wide perspective given your discussion of such sources.

REQUIRED SOURCE USAGE IN ALL ASSIGNMENTS 

Don't forget that you are required to use source materials, in-text citations, and provide a full source citation (References, Works Cited, or Bibliography) page within all of our assignments, even the Discussion Board assignments.

Be sure to use peer-reviewed, 

academic, credible, and

[See more about Discussion Boards (DB) HERE]

Need more helpful information about Discussion Board posts?  See these handouts for assistance:

Discussion Questions:

FAQs and Understanding the Assignments

• Discussion Boards OVERVIEW
• Discussion Board Details
• Word Count (DB)
• Previewing Posts (DB)
• Edit/Delete (DB)
• 3-Part-Structure
• Voice: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (DB)
• Source Usage (DB)
• Documentation (DB)
• Initial Post—Part 1 (DB)
• Initial Post—Submission Requirements (DB)
• Analysis and Evaluation in the Discussion Boards
• Response Writing
• Participation Post--Part 2 (DB)
• Participation OVERVIEW (DB)
• Participation Post—Submission Requirements (DB) 
• Discussion Board Post No-Nos