Creating Discussions

A well-thought-out discussion can encourage and increase student interaction and learning. Any user with the Operations Manager role can create and manage discussions for your Organization or assign supplemental roles for creating or moderating Discussions.

Create a Discussion

To create a Discussion:

1. On the Admin menu, select Create Discussion in the Discussions group.
2. On the Basic Information tab,
   1. Type a Name that is brief but descriptive for the purpose of the discussion. This is visible to the end user,
   2. Type a Description. This is visible to administrators only.
   3. Set the Organization that will own the discussion. This will default to the organization in your profile.
3. On the Topics tab, select Add. Topics provide the structure for the discussion. Participant posts are made to/displayed by topic.
4. Type the title of the topic.
5. Select Add again and repeat to add all the topics for the discussion. Topics can be rearranged by drag-and-drop.
6. Select Save.

Attach a Course to a Discussion

Once a Discussion has been created, it must be attached to a Course before it can be visible to an end user.

To attach to a course:

1. Edit the course
2. Scroll to the bottom of the Basic Information tab.
3. Select Choose next to Discussion.
4. In the Choose Discussion, search for and select the discussion.
5. Save the course.
   Once a Discussion is attached to a course, a link becomes visible to end users with participant permissions on the Course profile page as well as all Class, Class Enrollment, and Course Assignment profile pages using the course.