When a new message is posted to a forum it starts a thread. All responses to the message appear under the message on the Discussion Board forum. The Create New Message page is used to add a new thread to a Discussion Board Forum.
Follow the steps below to open the Create New Message page.
Step 1 Click Discussion Board on the course menu or from the CommunicationCenter.
Step 2 Click on a forum link to open it and view the contents within.
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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Current Forum: |
The name of the Discussion Board Forum appears in this field. |
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Date: |
The date appears in this field. |
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Author: |
The name of the author appears here. |
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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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Post message as Anonymous |
Select this check box and the message will be posted anonymously. The Instructor may make this feature unavailable. |
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Attachment |
Enter the file path or click Browse to locate the file. |