--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Discussion.tex 2004/01/14 15:51:07 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Discussion.tex 2006/08/07 18:05:54 1.4
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
\label{Resource_Discussion}
Unless banned by an instructor, all resources in the course can host
-discussion, which means students may post comments that will appear
-for all viewers on the resource. Course members will see new discussion
+discussion, which means students may post comments that will appear to all viewers. Course members will see new discussion
on their Navigation screens. Instructors may allow course members
-to post anonymously or not, and course personnel can see who posted
-the anonymous messages. Anonymous only prevents students from seeing
-the poster. (Sometime instructors or TAs post anonymously to discreetly
+to post anonymously or not, and course personnel can still see who posted
+the anonymous messages. "Anonymous" only prevents students from knowing who posted. (Sometimes instructors or TAs post anonymously to discreetly
help the students.) Course personnel may hide or delete inappropriate
messages.
-Users use the same mechanisms to post to resources and to send internal
-email to resource authors or course administrators, and the user can
-do more than one of these things at the same time with a message simply
-by clicking multiple checkboxes.
+To participate in a discussion on the a resource, click the \underbar{Post Discussion} link at the bottom of a resource. If you want to reply back to a particular post, then click the appropriate \underbar{Reply} link.