ARCHIVED: In Oncourse Lessons (beta), how do I add a forum topic to a page?
You can add a forum topic from the Forums tool to a page in Lessons (beta). For more about Forums, see ARCHIVED: Forums.
Note: You can only add forum topics to a Lessons page, not entire forums.
Adding a forum topic
To add an existing forum topic to a Lessons page, at the top of the Lessons page, click
and then . You'll see a list of forum topics already created in the Forums tool. Select the one you wish to add, and click .To create a new topic from within Lessons (beta):
- At the top of the Lessons page, click and then .
- At the top of the page, click .
- You can then create a new topic or modify an existing one just as you would in the Forums tool. (For more, see ARCHIVED: Creating new forums and topics.)
- When you are ready to add the new topic to your Lessons page, at the top, click .
- You'll return to the list of topics; select the topic you just created and then click .
Editing a forum topic
To set the properties of the forum topic as it pertains to your Lessons page:
- Click to the left of the topic you would like to modify.
- In the "Edit Item" box, you can modify any of the following:
- Item Name: Change the name of the text on the link to your topic on the main Lessons page.
- Item Description: Add or change a description of your topic, which will appear beneath the link to the topic.
- Change Forum Topic: Change the topic to a different one in the Forums tool.
- Edit Forum Topic: Open the Forums tool to modify the settings for the topic.
- Don't Release Item Until All Prerequisites are Completed: Select this option to make the topic available only after previously required items have been completed.
- Require that the student submit a posting to this topic: Select this option if students must complete this item before progressing in a Lessons plan.
- Edit the groups for which this topic should be shown: Allows you to make this topic visible only to certain groups or sections if they are defined for the site. See ARCHIVED: Managing groups.
- To save your changes, click
Note: Two topics with the same name in two different forums are not the same topic. Changes made to a topic in one forum will not appear in a topic with the same name in another forum; a given topic in one forum does not automatically link to a topic of the same name in a different forum if the first forum is deleted.
. To remove the
topic from your Lessons page, click .
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 17:10:53.