Add Forum Topics to a Page

Click the Add Forum Topic button at the top of the page. This will give you a list of forum topics already created in your forum tool. Click the one you wish to add and then click Use Selected Item.

To create a new topic, use the link Create new topic at the top of the page. If you have more than one forum tool in your site, you may see a separate link for each tool. This will call the forum tool, and allow you to create a new topic or modify an existing one. When you are ready to add the new topic, click the Continue with Add Forum Topic button at the top. That will return you to the list of topics, where you can choose the topic you just created.

Note that only topics may be added. Depending upon the tool, topics are contained within categories or forums. Categories and forums may not be added, just actual topics.

Edit a Forum Topic

Click Edit to the left of the topic you would like to modify.

This will open up an Edit Item box on your screen. The options available for modification are as follows:

• Item Name - Change the name of the text on the link to your topic on the main Lesson Builder page.
• Item Description - Change/add a description to your topic, which will appear beneath the link to the topic.
• Change Forum Topic - Change the topic to a different one in your forums tool.
• Edit Forum Topic - Call the forum tool, to allow you to modify the settings for the topic.
• Don't Release Item Until All Prerequisites are Completed - Select this option if you would like it to appear/be accessible only after previously 'Required' items have been completed/accessed.
• Require that the student submit a posting to this topic - Select this option to make this item a 'Required' item for later on in the Lesson Builder plan.
• Edit the groups for which this topic should be shown - If you have groups or sections in the site, allows you to make this topic visible only to some groups. Students who are not in one of the checked sections of groups will not see this item on their page at all.

To save your changes, click Update Item. To remove the Topic from your Lesson Builder page, click Delete.

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