Discussion Boards
Managing Message Settings on a Global Discussion Board
| 1. | From the dashboard, navigate to the discussion board by clicking Discussions from the sidebar. 
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| 2. | Click on View Discussion for the board you want to edit. 
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| 3. | To edit information about the discussion board itself, click Edit at the top of the page. 
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| 4. | On the page that opens, you can change the name and description of the board. 
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| 5. | You can also make the board active or inactive using the checkmark box. Making a discussion board inactive will remove it from any student’s list. Administrators will still be able to view and edit the board. 
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| 6. | Click Save Discussion Board when you are finished making changes. 
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| 7. | Then navigate back to the discussion by clicking its name in the directory at the top of the page. 
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| 8. | To edit a discussion post that has already been created, first click on the post. 
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| 9. | Then, click edit. 
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| 10. | Now you can change the original post’s title and body message. 
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| 11. | You can make this discussion inactive by clicking on the first checkmark box. 
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| 12. | You can pin this post by clicking on the second checkmark box. Pinning a discussion will place it at the top of the discussions list on the board’s main page. 
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| 13. | Click Save when you are finished making changes. 
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| 14. | Then navigate back to either the post you just came from or the discussion page by clicking on a name in the directory at the top of the page. 
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