Threads within a forum can be archived by the Instructor and made available to Students. New archives are created on the Add Archive page. Once a new archive is created, threads can be added through the Modify Archive page.
Follow the steps below to open the Add Archive page.
Step 1 Click Discussion Board in the Course Tools area of the Course Control Panel.
Step 2 Double-click on a forum link to access a discussion forum. The forum opens and the discussion threads appear.
Step 3 Select Click Here for Archives.
Step 4 Click Add Archive.
The table below details the available fields on this page.
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Add Archive |
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Archive Title: |
Enter a title for the archive |
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Description: |
The following options are available: · Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user.
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Available: |
Select this option to make this archive available for Students to view. |