ARCHIVED: Using Oncourse Forums, how do I post and respond to messages?
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In the Forums tool, you can post a message that begins a new conversation, and post responses to the messages in existing conversations.
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Starting a conversation
To post a message that begins a new conversation:
- In your site's menubar, click .
- Click the title of the topic for which you'd like to start a conversation.
- Click .
- Next to "Title", type the subject of your conversation.
- Under "Message", use the rich-text editor to compose your
message.
Note: Pasting text into the rich-text editor should preserve most formatting, but some types of formatting may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting. You can also use the ARCHIVED: Pasting from Microsoft Word. icon to paste from a Microsoft Word document, although this may not preserve every type of formatting. For details, see
- Click ARCHIVED: Options for adding attachments. to attach a file from your local computer or from Resources, or specify the address for a file on the web; see
- When you're finished, to post your message, click .
Note: If the forum or topic is moderated, your message will appear as "PENDING" until approved by a moderator.
Posting a response to a message
Note: Depending on your role within the site, and how the forum creator has configured permissions, you may or may not be able to post a response to another participant's message.
To post a response:
- In your site's menubar, click .
- Click the title of the topic, and then the conversation you want to take part in.
- In the conversation, find the message you want to reply to and click , or click to reply to the first message in the conversation.
- Below "Reply Title", give your reply a title.
- Under "Message", use the rich-text editor to compose your reply. To insert a quote of the original message, click (located above the rich-text editor). As you type, the number of words will appear beside "Word Count".
- Click ARCHIVED: Options for adding attachments. to attach a file from your local computer or from Resources, or specify the address for a file on the web; see
- When you're finished, to post your message, click .
Note: If the forum or topic is moderated, your message will appear as "PENDING" until approved by a moderator.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 15:11:09.