Creating a Discussion Board Forum:

This guide will walk you through the process of creating a discussion board forum in your Blackboard course.

Step 1: Click on the Control Panel link and click on Discussion Boards.

If you are wanting to time release your Discussion Board Forums, please go to Time Releasing Discussion Board Forums in the Faculty Helpguide section.

Step 2: Choose whether you would like to add a forum in the main Discussion Board section or in a group.

Step 3: Click on the Add Forum button.

Step 4: Enter the Title of the new forum in the title text box and enter the Description in the description text box.

Step 5: Decide which of the options you would like to make available for this forum.

At this point, you need to decide if you would like to grade by the forum or by the thread. If you decide to grade by forum, specify the number of points possible. If you would like to grade by threads, your students will not be able to create new threads, they will only be able to reply to the ones already created.

Step 6: Click on the Submit button to submit the forum information.

Step 7: This will bring you back to the Discussion Board page. You will see your newly added forum on this page. You have four options from here. The first is to modify the forum that you just created. To modify the forum, click on the Modify button to the far right of the forum. The second option is to manage the forum. This will allow you to change the student's role in the forum. The third option is to remove the forum that you just created. The last option is to copy the forum to somewhere else in your course.