http://community.elearners.com/blogs/inside_elearning/archive/2007/02/06/How-Your-Audience-Matters-in-E_2D00_Learning.aspxBy Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. You may be amazed at how much writing you have to do in an online course. Besides writing term papers, you&rsquo;re also collaborating with fellow students, sending e-mails, and posting entries on the discussion board. As youenCommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Build: 20423.1)http://community.elearners.com/blogs/inside_elearning/archive/2007/02/06/How-Your-Audience-Matters-in-E_2D00_Learning.aspx#1514Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:02:22 GMTa38ca78a-ab42-484e-baa9-96b732762621:1514krismastree26<p>Great article, Susan. &nbsp;Another issue to which online students often don't pay much attention is the appearance of their discussion board posts. &nbsp;It sounds superficial perhaps, but discussion board posts with bullet points, neatly numbered lists, correct spelling and capitalized letters will make a better impression than ones who are not as clean. &nbsp;</p> <p>This is all part of considering your audience, as the professor and the students will appreciate an easy-to-read post. &nbsp;I hear that WebCT has a toolbar for enhancing posts, but I know that Blackboard does not. &nbsp;The great thing is that even on Blackboard you can make your posts look great with a little HTML. &nbsp;I blogged about how to do that on SuccessFiles.net.</p>