The Discussion Board is a communication medium for posting and responding to messages. This feature is similar to the Collaboration Tool, but is designed for asynchronous use; meaning users are not present at the same time to converse on-line. Email, for example, is asynchronous. An advantage of the Discussion Board is that conversations are logged and organized. Conversations are grouped in threads that contain a main posting and all related replies.
To open the Discussion Board page, click Discussion Board in Course Tools on the Course Control Panel.
The functions available on this page are described in the table below:
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add a new discussion forum |
Add Forum. The Add Forum page will appear. |
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access a forum listed on the Discussion Board |
a forum topic link. That forum will appear. Additional functions are available on this page and are discussed in a following topic. |
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modify a forum |
Modify. The Modify Forum page will appear. |
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remove a forum |
Remove. A confirmation box will appear. Removing a forum is irreversible. |
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change the order of forums |
the drop-down arrow and select a number. The forums will appear on the Discussion Board in the order selected. |