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Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice:

Aim: to develop a student network visualisation tool from the extraction of discussion forum activity.

Features
  • Displays Forum Statistics
  • Total Number of Posts
  • Post-Reply Frequency Table
  • Inline graph plotting
  • SNA data in GraphML format
  • SNA data in NetDraw’s VNA format
Instructions:

Bookmarklet/Favlet Installation For Vista/WebCT

  1. Drag the SNAPP Bookmarklet link to the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox. In Internet Explorer, right click on the link below and click Add to Favorites.
    SNAPP Bookmarklet - Blackboard 8.1, WebCT Vista and WebCT 4.1
  2. Visit a Forum in Vista. Click the Expand All button.
  3. Click on the SNAPP Bookmarklet (from the Bookmarks menu in Firefox or the Favorites menu in IE). The SNA Analysis data will be inserted below the forum. You may need to enable the Menu bar in IE 7, to view the Favorites menu. In Firefox the page will automatically scroll to the location of the SNA Analysis data. In IE you will need to scroll to the bottom of the Forum yourself - the SNA Analysis data is inserted below the forum.
  4. The SNA Analysis will contain the number of posts, relationships and sna export data in GraphML and for the NetDraw Application (ie a .vna file). WebCT, by default limits the number of posts displayed per page. The SNAPP tool is only able to analyse data on that is displayed on a single page. In order to analyse a large forum, change the Paging Preferences to an appropriate number eg 200 posts per page. The Paging Preferences icon is displayed at the bottom of the forum page.

Bookmarklet/Favlet Installation For Moodle

  1. Drag the SNA Analysis link to the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox. In Internet Explorer, right click on the link below and click Add to Favorites.
    Moodle SNA Analysis
  2. Visit a Forum in Moodle. Ensure that “Display replies in nested form” is selected.
  3. Click on the Moodle SNA Analysis bookmark (from the Bookmarks menu in Firefox or the Favorites menu in IE). The SNA Analysis data will be inserted below the forum. You may need to enable the Menu bar in IE 7, to view the Favorites menu. In Firefox the page will automatically scroll to the location of the SNA Analysis data. In IE you will need to scroll to the bottom of the Forum yourself - the SNA Analysis data is inserted below the forum.
  4. The SNA Analysis will contain the number of posts, relationships and sna export data in GraphML and for the NetDraw Application (ie a .vna file).
  5. You will need to save the generated txt to a .vna file. You can open and plot the graph in NetDraw. Inline graph plotting will be coming soon.
 
   

Last reviewed: 28 August, 2009 

 
   
 
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