Accessing the Discussion Forums Tool
To access this tool, click Discussion Forums in the tools menu on the left side of the screen. The CLE displays the Discussion Forums home page.
If you do not see this screen, click the Reset button.
The home page displays the Discussion List—a list of discussion forums for the site. The list is organized by category, each of which contains one or more forums. Under each category name, the CLE displays the names of all forums in the category. For each forum, the screen shows the number of topics (in the Topics column), the total number of messages in all topics in the forum (in the Messages column), the date of the last message posting, and the name of the participant who posted it (in the Last Message column). To display the profile for a participant, click his or her name.
The default categories are Main and Other. Within the Main category, the two default forums are Questions and Class Discussions. The Other category contains one default forum: Student Lounge.
To the left of each forum name a folder icon is displayed. The following table explains the meaning of each icon you may see there.
Discussion Forums Icons
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Meaning |
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New messages have been posted in this forum since your last visit. |
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No new messages have been posted in this forum since your last visit. |
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This forum is blocked, so you cannot use it |
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This forum accepts replies only. You cannot start new topics. |
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Access to this forum is restricted by group or section. |
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Access to this forum is denied. |
To return to the Discussion Forums home page from any forum, message, or discussion activity, click Discussion Home in the Options section at the top of the screen.