By itself, the default Discussion Board is of no use. To give students a place to hold discussions, you must create at least one forum.
To create a forum, perform the following steps:
1. Select Course Tools | Discussion Board.
2. The page displays all of the Discussion Boards in the course. In our example course, there is only one board so far, that is, the default board for the course named Intro to the Oceans (Demo for Blackboard Essentials Book):
3. Select the default Discussion Board. In this example, we click on Intro to Oceans Demo. The Discussion Board is displayed. Remember that you are looking at this from the instructor's point of view. Students cannot create a new forum.
4. Click on the Create Forum button. The Create Forum page is displayed.
5. In the forum-information area, enter Name and Description for the forum. Students will see these when the forum is listed on the Discussion Board:
6. In the forum-availability area, set the availability...