What the discussion groups are How the discussion groups work How to subscribe Sending messages to the group Archived messages What the discussion groups are These discussion groups are provided as a means of facilitating the discussion of issues related to your course. Each course has its own separate discussion group, and each group is open only to students enrolled in the course. When necessary, discussions will be facilitated by tutors and other Monash Philosophy staff, but students are encouraged to be the primary participants in the forum.
Mailing lists are software-controlled ways of sending email to a specified group of people.
The whole process relies on the use of a simple email program at your end, and software at our end which automates the process. Once you 'subscribe' to a mailing list, you will then receive email from the mailing list whenever another subscriber submits a message to the list. You cannot participate in the discussion until you have subscribed to the list. This is a technical requirement of the software which automates the list. Once you have subscribed, you will receive any messages posted to the discussion group from that time on.