The Discussion Board is another communication tool that can be used to enhance a course Web site. Topics are posted to the Discussion Board that course participants can reply to and converse about on-line. This feature is similar to the Lightweight Chat, but is designed for asynchronous use, meaning Students do not have to be online at the same time to have a conversation. An additional advantage of the Discussion Board is that Student conversations are logged and organized. Conversations are grouped into threads that contain a main posting and all related replies for easy retrieval.
Note: Users may have the option to create Discussion Boards on topics of interest in the Community Common area. This option is made available by the System Administrator. For more information on this topic see Creating Community Discussion Boards in the Community Tab section.
Follow the steps below to open the Discussion Board page.
Step 1 Open a course Web site for a course that you are participating in.
Step 2 Click Discussion Board on the Course Menu or from the CommunicationCenter.
To access a forum listed on the Discussion Board page click a forum topic link. The Discussion Board forum will appear. The system will not accept JavaScript in the Discussion Boards.