When a discussion is created within a forum it is called a thread. The Create New Message page is used to start a thread. The new thread will appear in the discussion forum.
Follow the steps below to open the Create New Message page.
Step 1 Click Discussion Board in the Course Tools area of the Course Control Panel.
Step 2 Open a forum.
Step 3 Click Add New Thread.
The table below details the fields on the Create New Message page.
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Description |
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Message Information |
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Subject: |
Enter the subject of the thread. |
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Message: |
Enter a message. 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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Options |
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Post message as Anonymous |
Select the check box to post an anonymous message. This option may or may not be available depending on the options selected when the discussion forum was created. |
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Attachment: |
Enter the file path or click Browse to locate a file. |
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Preview |
View the message as it will appear on the Discussion Board forum. |