
This page will also list all discussion boards in your course. You can have a Discussion board that does not live in your Course Content from the Discussion page, located in your Course Navigation. Group Discussion: Allows the instructor to ensure that the discussion will be visible only to a particular group in the course.Align with Goals: If you have created course goals in Blackboard, you can select the goals and attach them to a particular discussion board.After checking this box, you will be prompted to complete the assignment settings. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. A forum is a question or prompt presented to students, while a thread is an individual contribution, or response, to the forum.


Grade Threads : enable grading of individual threads within the forum Grade Discussion Forum: Points Possible : assign the total point possible for the entire forum No grading in Forum : do not use the discussion grader Otherwise, students will only be allowed to reply to the original threadĪllow Members to Subscribe to Threads : students can choose to receive emails when a new post is made to the discussion board.Īllow Members to Rate Posts : students can evaluate posts based on a fixed, 5 point scaleįorce Moderation of Posts: a designated moderator must approve all posts before they can be viewed by other students NOTE: For faster Discussion Board page loading,Īllow Users to Reply with Quote : students can include the text of the original message in any replies to that messageĪllow File Attachments : students may attach files to their messages and repliesĪllow Members to Create New Threads : students may introduce a new subject to the Forum. 3 FORMATTING GUIDELINES FONT To improve accessibility, the APA now accepts multiple fonts including 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, 11-point Georgia, and 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode. Click on the Discussions link on the Course MenuĮnter a Name and Description of the forumĪllow Anonymous Posts : students will have the option of posting replies or messages anonymouslyĪllow Author to Delete Own Posts : students will be able to remove previously posted messagesĪllow Author to Edit Own Published Posts : students will be able to edit their original postingsĪllow Post Tagging : allow text labels or tags to be used to group similar messages together for search purposes. BLACKBOARD RESENTATION SLIDES & DISCUSSION POSTS 33 PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 34.
