Add a discussion

Updated 17 Aug 2021

You can include threaded discussions in your courses where you post a topic or question and students respond. Most courses come with a Discussions or Discussion Board menu item where you add your discussion topics and posts. Instructors can add their own discussions, as well. Add your new discussions anywhere within the course menu.

  1. Select Manage Course from the main menu.

    The Edit Course Menu page opens.

  2. To begin adding an item, select Add New Menu Item Name at the top of the page. Enter the item name you want to appear in the course menu.

    The limit for menu item names is 100 characters including spaces.

  3. Enter a positive number in the order field to choose the location for the item in the course menu.

    You can rearrange the item later.

  4. To add a new subitem within the course menu hierarchy, select the expand icon  at the location you want then select the Add subitem icon .

    To more easily see the entire course menu list, select  Expand all.

  5. For Select Menu Item Type, choose Threaded Discussion.
  6. Select Hide if you do not want the menu item to appear in your students' course menu.

    You do not need to hide the menu item while creating it. You can choose to hide the item from students at any time.

  7. If you do not want your new item tagged as My Content, clear the My Content check box.

    This option is selected by default for new menu items and subitems to ensure that your custom content is included in future copies to new edition courses.

  8. Select Add to create the new discussion, or Cancel.

    The new discussion appears in the location you chose on the Edit Course Menu page as well as your course menu.

  9. Select  Main Menu to return to the course menu.

Once you add the discussion and its associated menu item, select the new discussion in the course menu to add a discussion topic.