WebCT : Setting up a discussion board

1. Click on Add Page or Tool on the Navigation Bar:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Click Discussions in the Communication Tools:

3. Enter a name for your Discussion board in the box "Enter a title for the page" and check boxes as follows:

* When you check the box "On the Navigation Bar", a link to the discussion appears on the left:
* When you check the boxes "On an Organizer Page", "Link shows title" and "Link shows icon", a link to the discussion appears as shown on the right. You can click on either the icon or the text link to open the discussion. In this case the default icon is the pin.

4. Click on a link to the discussion (either on the Navigation Bar, or on the Homepage)

5. The topics "Main" and "Notes" are the default topics. Notes is used to start a discussion from within a Content Module (another webCT tool) and cannot be used directly from the Discussion page.
To create a topic, click on Create Topic, loacted on the side-bar:

* Enter a topic name, and click on Create:

* To allow your students to post anonymously, check the Anonymous box, and click Update:

6. To start a thread in your new topic, click on the name of your new topic and then click Compose Message:

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