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From board creation to AI auto-marking, from Emoji interaction to grade management, fully master the teaching applications of Uedu Forum.
Overview of Forum Features
Uedu Forum extends classroom dialogue online, using multi-board management, AI automatic scoring and a Emoji interaction system to encourage Students to participate actively and think deeply.
Create a board, set scoring rules, manage posts, view the leaderboard and grades
Post discussions, reply to peers, use Markdown and Emoji, view personal scores
This week’s class discussed AI’s impact on the labour market. Please choose a profession you hope to pursue in the future, and analyse how AI will change the way it works: which tasks may be automated? Which abilities will, in turn, become more valued? Please respond to at least one classmate’s view and offer your own perspective.
This week, I completed the sorting algorithm assignment. Please share in the Forum the difficulties you encountered during debugging: was it a logic error, a boundary condition that was not handled properly, or unfamiliarity with the syntax? How did you finally solve it? If you see classmates facing similar problems, please share your solution.
Please upload this week's user interview records (at least 3 participants) to your dedicated board, and organise a list of user pain points. Before next week's class, complete an initial Persona and user journey map, and post them on the board for feedback from the other groups.
Board Creation & Management
In the "Discussion" tab of the Course classroom, the instructor can freely create multiple discussion boards and sort and categorise them as needed.
Tap the "Add board" button, enter a board name and a short description. Each board represents a discussion topic or activity, for example "Weekly topic discussion", "Learning reflection", "Group project".
We recommend creating boards by course week or topic so that Students can quickly find the correct discussion area.
After switching to ordering mode, you can drag to adjust the board order. Place the currently active boards first and move completed discussions to the back to keep the interface tidy.
Add category labels to posts (e.g. "Topic 1", "Reflections", "Questions") so students can filter and organise threads. Label names are up to you, colors come from 8 presets, and there is no limit on how many labels you create.
If there are different topics each week, you can create labels such as 'Week 1' and 'Week 2'. When students post, they select the relevant label, making it easier for the Instructor to review participation by week.
AI Auto-Scoring & Emoji System
The Forum has a built-in automatic scoring mechanism, and every Student participation earns points. Instructors can fully customise the scoring rules and combine them with AI quality judgement to encourage high-quality discussions.
Every participation by the Student accumulates points. When the total points reach the full-mark threshold set by the Instructor, the Student can receive the full score for that item.
Instructors can use special emoji to award bonus points to excellent posts. Emoji from ordinary Students do not affect marks; only emoji from Instructors and TAs have a scoring effect.
The AI model based on BERT will automatically assess post quality within 10 seconds after a Student submits a post, dividing it into three levels:
Instructors may use 👀 to review AI decisions and exclude AI emoji markers. The Instructor has the final say.
All scoring parameters can be customised in the scoring settings, so the assessment method fits your teaching design.
Post Management & Notifications
Instructors and TAs can manage posts in the Forum and maintain discussion quality. The system also sends Email notifications automatically so that interactions are not missed.
Pin important posts to the top of the board, such as assignment requirements, discussion rules or announcements, so that all Students can see them.
Lock posts whose discussion has ended to prohibit new replies. Suitable for closed topics or to avoid digressions.
Remove inappropriate content. Deleted posts will show placeholder prompts if they have replies, keeping the thread structure intact.
When a Student's discussion is replied to, the system automatically sends an Email notification, ensuring the Student does not miss any interaction.
Built-in GitHub-style Markdown editor, supporting bold, headings, code blocks, image uploads and other formats.
Supports uploading PDF, Word, Excel, image and other attachments (up to 10MB), making it easy to share course materials and assignments.
Leaderboard, Grades & Research
The real-time leaderboard shows Students' participation and cumulative points. The Instructor can view the rankings of all Students, while Students can only view their own score breakdown, including: number of posts, number of replies, bonus points earned, total points, and converted grade.
The system automatically recalculates all Students' scores every hour. Instructors can also manually trigger 'recalculate' to update immediately. Scoring formula: when accumulated points ≥ the full-score threshold, full marks are awarded; otherwise, the score is converted proportionally.
Uedu's AI automatic scoring feature for the Forum originates from actual teaching research. The following papers were published at IEEE international conferences, demonstrating the improvement in learning quality brought by AI post scoring.