There are a minimum of twelve discussion topics for each discussion period. For each period, students should participate and engage in LEAST FIVE DISCUSSIONS and do so in TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
For each of the five discussions in which a student participates, there should be TWO SEPARATE POSTINGS: an original posting and, within those same five discussions, a separate response posting, commenting on the ideas/views of another student. Response should be thoughtful and add to the discussions and must go beyond "I agree with Mary" or "Bob is wrong."

THAT’S TEN SEPARATE POSTING PER PERIOD.

Book:
The Humaniatic Tradition, Volume I: Prehistory to the Early Modern World, Sixth Edition
Fiero, Gloria K.
McGraw Hill
0-07-734627-0