Creating Discussions

You can create and store all types of activities in your Dashboard. This topic outlines the steps for creating discussions. For information about creating quizzes, see “Creating Quizzes.” For information on managing the content in your Dashboard, see “Courses.”

1.On the Dashboard screen, click Content on the course for which you want to create the discussion.

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The Content screen displays.

2.Click add_button00002.png at the top right of the screen, then click Discussion.

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The New Discussion window opens.

3.Enter a Name for the discussion.

Note: If you want to change the name of the discussion later on, on the Dashboard, click Content on the associated course. Then, click the name of the discussion on the Content screen. You can then change the name on the Details screen. See “Adding Discussion Guidelines.”

4.On the New Discussion window, click Create.

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The discussion now displays on the associated Content screen.

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Note: Once you create the discussion, you can add a prompt with instructions, designate the required number of posts and replies, and assign point values. See “Adding Discussion Guidelines.”