{"id":1086,"date":"2014-11-05T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T09:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=1086"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:54:14","slug":"discussion-board-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/discussion-board-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Board &#8211; Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Discussion Board is the class&#8217;s area for posting ideas, questions and answers, and can contain multiple forums that the Instructor creates. Each forum may also be graded. To participate in a forum click a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forum-hyperlink<\/span><\/em> and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">create\/enter a thread<\/span><\/em> so as to join a discussion. Forums containing unread posts appear in bold. Additionally, each forum may contain one or more conversations named <strong>Threads<\/strong>. <strong>Threads<\/strong>, are used by users to discuss a topic or a group of related topics. They consist of messages, a main posting and all the related replies. Click on the subject of a message in order to read it and reply to it.<\/p>\n<p>Use the\u00a0<strong>Discussion Board<\/strong> in order to participate to course discussions.<\/p>\n<p>To find the <strong>Discussion Board <\/strong>follow the directions below (while inside your course):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Tools&#8221;<\/strong> from the Course menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Discussion Board&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Create a Thread<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong><em>Create Thread&#8221; <\/em><\/strong>(<strong>A<\/strong>) so as to open a new topic for discussion concerning the related forum topic.<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the subject of the <strong>Thread<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Type an optional message.<\/li>\n<li>Insert an attachment, either from inside the course by clicking &#8220;<strong>Browse my Computer&#8221;,<\/strong> or from any other method (click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/blackboard-assingments\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> to see the other methods).<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Submit&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lastly, in the Discussion board the<strong> \u201cReplies to me\u201d <\/strong>(<strong>B<\/strong>) button \u2013&gt; Keeping up with discussion posts is simpler with unread replies to your own posts called out for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1.jpg 1451w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2019\/10\/discussion-board-2-1-1024x368.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How to Reply to a Thread<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Thread.png\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignbottom wp-image-2799\" title=\"Thread\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Thread.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Thread.png 475w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/11\/Thread-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Tools <\/strong>&gt; <strong> Discussion<\/strong> <strong>Board<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Access a Discussion Board and then select a forum.<\/li>\n<li>While inside the forum, select the thread you want to reply to.<\/li>\n<li>Hover your cursor over the <strong>Reply<\/strong> button, in order to reveal additional options.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Reply&#8221;<\/strong> and write your reply in the message field that will appear. You can also change the subject title.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Quote&#8221;<\/strong> if you want to include in your answer, the post&#8217;s text.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;<strong>Submit&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Discussion Board is the class&#8217;s area for posting ideas, questions and answers, and can contain multiple forums that the Instructor creates. Each forum may also be graded. To participate in a forum click a forum-hyperlink and create\/enter a thread so as to join a discussion. Forums containing unread posts appear in bold. Additionally, each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6530,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086\/revisions\/6530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}