--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex 2002/07/22 16:49:42 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex 2003/06/02 19:54:21 1.4 @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ +\label{Course_Discussion_Board} To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, the easiest thing to do is make a short HTML page, with contents set to something like \emph{General Discussion Board: Please post general discussion here.} Then add that page as the first page of your course -sequence, or whereever else you would like the general discussion +sequence, or wherever else you would like the general discussion page. LON-CAPA's built-in discussion features will do the rest. +This can be done by a course instructor through the \textbf{DOCs} +screen; see section \ref{Docs_Creating_From_Template} for more information +on how to do that. + You might also want to include information on that page about how to post to the discussion. You can make as many of these discussion board areas as you like; for -example, you might want to make one for each chapter or section. \ No newline at end of file +example, you might want to make one for each chapter or section.