ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE TO TWEN - Westlaw

• Enter the full Web page address (URL), including http://, in the message text box. Then click
Push Page.
• The Web page is displayed in a separate browser window on each participant’s computer. (As
the moderator, the Web page does not open on your computer.)
5. To post a message to the live discussion, type the message in the text box and click Send.
6. As the moderator, you can send a message to a single participant.
• This feature is known as whispering.
• Type the message in the text box, click the recipient’s name in the right frame, and click Send.
• Whispered messages do not appear in the live discussion transcript.
7. When you have completed the live discussion, close the chat window by clicking the x in the upper
right corner of the window.
RETRIEVING LIVE DISCUSSION TRANSCRIPTS
Written transcripts of live discussion sessions are available beginning ten minutes after the end of the
session. The transcript includes correspondence beginning with the start of the live discussion session
and ending ten minutes after the session.
To retrieve a transcript of a completed live discussion session, complete these steps:
1. Click the course name on the My Courses page. The course home page is displayed.
2. Click Live Discussion. The Live Discussion page is displayed.
3. Click Transcript for the live discussion session. The transcript lists the start time, end time, and
each message that was posted to the Chat window.
Note The transcript does not include whispered messages that the moderator sent to a single
participant. The transcript also does not contain messages that the moderator deleted.
4. You can easily print a transcript for a live discussion by clicking Print at the top of the Transcript
page.
DELETING A LIVE DISCUSSION SESSION
You can delete a live discussion. However, deleting a live discussion also deletes the transcript for that
session. You may want to copy and save the transcript before deleting the live discussion.
To remove a live discussion session, complete these steps:
1. Click the course name on the My Courses page. The course home page is displayed.
2. Click Live Discussion. The Live Discussion page is displayed.
3. Click Delete next to the discussion you want to remove. The Delete Live Discussion page opens.
4. Click Yes, Please Delete to remove the session and return to the Live Discussion page.
Polling
TWEN provides polling features you can use in your courses to survey students. You and your class can
view poll results as a pie chart or a bar graph. You have these polling options:
• InstaPolls—You orally ask students a question in class and they respond using their computers.
For more information, See “Polling” on page 71.
• Customized polling—You can create and save these polls. Students can take these polls from your
course home page. For more information, see “Customized Polling” on page 74.
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