1. From Discussions, click New and select New Topic.
2. Select a discussion forum that will house your topic from the Forum drop-down list or create a New Forum
All discussion topics are contained within forums.
3. For this example, we will select a forum from the drop-down list.
4. Then select your Topic Type. There are two types of topics, open topics, where all learners can contribute and groups or section topics that restrict contribution to the specified group or section.
5. Navigate to Title then enter a Title and a description in the description box, if desired, to provide additional context or guidelines for learners.
6. Select the options that you want to apply to the topic such as the ability for learners to post anonymously or requiring that a moderator approve posts before they display.
For this example, we will require that learners start a thread before they can read and reply to other's threads.
7. Then, navigate to Rate Posts. Here, you can apply a rating scheme to your discussion topic. This allows readers to rate posts using one of three methods: Five Star, Up Vote/Down Vote or Up Vote only.
For this example, we will leave the default to No Ratings.
8. Next, navigate to the Restrictions tab to set the discussion topic restrictions. This includes visibility, date availability, release conditions, and group and section restrictions, if required.
9. To create a graded discussion topic with a linked grade item, navigate to the Assessment tab, apply a grade item that will count towards the final grade calculation.
Please Note: You can choose pre-existing grade item if you've already created grade items within the Grade book.
10. Finally, apply a point value within the Score Out Of field.
The Score Out Of field for the discussion topic does not need to have the same value as the associated grade item. Brightspace will automatically calculate and translate the Score Out Of value compared to the associated grade item value to apply the appropriate score within the Grade book.
11. Select Add Rubric to apply an existing rubric to the discussion topic or choose Create Rubric in New Window to create and associate a new rubric.
12. If desired, configure the discussion topic to follow individual post evaluations. Select allow assessment of individual posts and set the calculation.
13. Next, set date availability, if desired. For example, we will leave the default so learners always have access to the discussion topic
14. Navigate to the Objective tab next to the Assessment tab to associate a learning objective to the discussion forum. Select Save and Close to create the discussion topic or Save and New next to Save and Close to create more topics.
Doing this will provide a streamlined navigational experience for students.
15. To add discussion topics into content modules within the content tool, navigate to your course level homepage, navigate to the content tool, select the module you want to add a discussion to.
16. Select Existing Activities, and Discussions
17. Select the specific discussion forum to access discussion topics
18. Select the appropriate discussion topic you want to display in your content module. The discussion post will now be visible in your content module.
You are done. Great job!
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