D2L Communication Tools: Discussion Boards

You can post discussion boards for your you and your students to participate in asynchronous typed discussions. These discussion boards can be easily graded where you can filter the posts or replies from one specific student and give them a grade and even private feedback regarding that discussion.

 Create, Post and Assess a Discussion Board 

In this video, you will learn the difference between discussion boards in D2L and Blackboard.

Discussions - Discussion Statistics

In this video, you will learn how to use discussion statistics.

Discussion - Moderate Discussions

In this video, you will learn how to approve and remove responses by moderating a discussion.

Discussions - Restricting Access in Discussions

In this video, you will learn how to restrict student access in Discussions using release conditions.

Discussions - Lock a Forum

In this video, you will learn how to prevent the creation or modification of posts by locking a discussion forum.

Discussions - Subscription Options

In this video, you will learn how to set subscription options to remain up-to-date on forums, topics, or threads.

Grades - Grade a Discussion in your Grade Book

In this video, you will learn how to reference the context of a discussion post and then assign a grade in grade book.