Creating a Group Specific Discussion Board Forum

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a discussion board forum for a specific group into your Blackboard course. Creating a group discussion board forum is another way for the group to discuss a particular topic, without all the group members being present at the same time in a collaboration session.

**Note: You can only do this if you have created a discussion board for you class's groups.

Step 1: Click on the Communication button.

Step 2: Click on the Group Pages link.

Step 3: Click on the group that you would like to add a discussion board forum

Step 4: Click on the Group Discussion Board link.

Step 5: Click on the Add Forum button at the top of the screen.

Step 6: Type the title and the description of the discussion board forum in the appropriate textboxes.

Step 7: Select the desired forum settings by clicking on the check box directly to the left of the desired setting.

Step 8: Click on the Submit button in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Step 9: The forum that you have just created will be shown. You have three options from here: you can modify the newly created forum by clicking on the Modify button and then following steps 6-8, where you can change your title, description, or settings; you can accept the forum by clicking on the button; or you can remove the forum that you have just created by clicking on the Remove button.

**Note: If you decide to remove the forum and you have already clicked on the Remove button, then you will receive two warnings message. Click on the OK button twice to complete the remove process.