Posting a discussion topic

The instructor may not allow student posting of discussion topics. Discussion topics only become active if the instructor approves these topics. If there is no link to post a new topic the instructor has disabled the ability of students to post topics.

The discussion topic must be approved by the instructor before it can be viewed by students in the course.

  1. From the discussion board page click on the post a new topic link.
  2. Enter the topic information:
    • topic title (required)
    • topic description (optional)
  3. Click submit to add the new topic to the list of pending topics to the discussion board. The topic must be approved by the instructor before users are able to post replies to the new topic