Did You Know? Word Count for Discussions

Word Count for Discussions has been enabled in GaVIEW!

The word count is dynamically displayed to learners while they type in the HTML Editor (Discussions Reading View only) and it also appears next to their posts in the Discussions Reading View and Grid View. Learners can view the word count for their posts only.

Student View of the New Word Count Feature in GaVIEW

For instructors, the word count appears on the Assessment page during the discussions assessment process and it also appears inline with the post details in the Discussions Reading View and Grid View. Instructors can view the word count for all user posts.

Instructor view of the new Word Count feature in GaVIEW

As of the 20.20.09 release of Brightspace.