Thread

The initial post and the entire series of replies to that post within a Disucssion Board forum.

Thread Detail

The page that displays the threaded view of all posts in a thread along with the selected post.

Post

A Discussion Board entry posted to a thread or used to start a thread. Also used as a verb to refer to the act of submitting a post.

Forum Role

A role type that is assigned to all members of the Discussion Board for each forum and enables specific privileges within the forum. A user may have one role per forum, however, a user’s role in each forum may differ.

Blocked

A forum role that blocks the user from accessing the forum.

Reader

A forum role that grants the user the rights to read the contents of a forum. Users with this role may only view content and cannot add or respond to posts.

Participant

A forum role that grants the user read and write privileges in the forum.

Grader

A forum role that grants the user Participant privileges as well as the Grading privileges for the forum.

Moderator

A forum role that grants Participant privileges as well as the ability to modify, delete, and lock posts. If a Moderation Queue is used, the Moderator may also approve or reject posts in the queue.

Manager

A forum role that grants all privileges.

Grade Forum

The process of assigning a grade to a user for their performance in a forum.

Grade Thread

The process of assigning a grade to a user for their performance in a thread.

Rate Post

The process of evaluating a post based on a fixed, 5 point scale.

Collect Posts

The process of selecting one or more posts or threads for inclusion in on a page that can be sorted, filtered, printed, and saved as a document. The collection is gathered into a format that can be sorted, filtered, printed, and saved as a document that can be viewed in a browser.

Flag

A mark used to call attention to the post.

Copy Forum

The process of creating a clone of a forum or the forum settings in the same discussion board or in another discussion board in the same course or organization.

Save Posts

The act of saving a post as a draft.

Published Post

A post that has been submitted and, if necessary, approved by a moderator.

Post Position

The position of a post in a thread relative to the other posts.

Draft

A post that has been saved for future editing.

Locked Thread

A thread that is visible for reading but cannot be modified. Users may not post to a locked thread.

Unavailable Thread

A thread that is hidden and inaccessible to all users except forum Managers.

Hidden Thread

A Thread that is locked and not visible by default. Users may view hidden threads by enabling the Display Hidden Threads feature.

Moderation Queue

A list of posts that must be approved before they will appear in the Discussion Board.