Create Discussion
Discussions are your course message boards that are organized into forums and topics.
- Forums are the main folder where discussion topics reside. Students cannot post to forums.
- Topics reside inside a forum. Students post to topics.
- Threads are postings within a topic.
Creating a New Forum
- Click Communication in the navigation bar, then click Discussion from the drop down menu.
- Click New, then New Forum.
- Enter a title for your forum.
- Enter a description for your forum.
- Check the appropriate options for your forum:
- Allow anonymous posts: Enable users to post anonymous
- A moderator must approve individual posts before they display in the forum: allows you to review a post before allowing the students to see it.
- Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads in each topic: Select this option if you want the student to make a post first before they can view and reply to other posts.
- Display forum description in topics: This option will display a forum discussion within a topic description.
- In the Availability section, choose the appropriate options, and set start and end date if necessary (note: If a specific date range is chosen, the forum will be invisible to students out side of the date range).
- In the Locking Options area, choose the appropriate locking options, and set start and end date if necessary (note: If a specific date range is chosen, the students will not be able to access the forum outside the date range).
- Click Save and Close.
Creating a New Topic
- Go back into Discussion.
- Click New, then New Topic.
- Choose a forum for the topic to be in.
- Enter a title for your Topic.
- Enter a description for your topic.
- Check the options you want the topic to have.
- In the Rate Posts section, choose a rating scheme. If you don't want the students to have the ability to rate posts, then choose No Ratings.
- In the Availability section, choose the appropriate options, and set start and end date if necessary (note: If a specific date range is chosen, the topic will be invisible to students out side of the date range).
- In the Locking Options area, choose the appropriate locking options, and set start and end date if necessary (note: If a specific date range is chosen, the students will not be able to access the topic outside the date range).
- Click Save and Close.