Building a community with Thinkific involves leveraging the platform's community-building features to foster engagement and interaction among your learners. Here are some steps to follow:
- Create a discussion forum: Thinkific allows you to create discussion forums for your course. You can use this feature to encourage students to ask questions, share their thoughts, and interact with each other. Be sure to moderate the forum to ensure that the conversation remains respectful and on-topic.
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- Use gamification features: Thinkific has built-in gamification features such as badges and leaderboards that you can use to incentivize learners and encourage healthy competition. For example, you can create badges for completing certain tasks or reaching specific milestones, and display a leaderboard to show learners who is making the most progress.
- Offer incentives: Consider offering incentives to encourage learners to participate in the community. For example, you can offer a prize to the person who makes the most meaningful contributions to the discussion forum, or provide discounts or exclusive content to active members of the community.
- To create a sense of belonging among your learners, encourage them to introduce themselves and share their stories, and make an effort to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
To create a strong community it is possible to use Thinkific's community-building features, such as discussion forums and social media groups. This can foster a sense of community among learners and encourage engagement and collaboration.
Positive:
- Easy to use community building
- Open to all stakeholders
Negative:
- Very secluded community, not very visible to externals
- Extended facilities only available in paid version