When you create a course, sometimes it automatically has a Discussion Board created for it. It depends upon your installation's course template. However, the board might not appear on the student's Course Menu. In that case, you must add a link to the board, or else the student will never see the board.
The following screenshot shows the instructor's view of the default Discussion Board. The instructor got to this page by clicking on Course Tools | Discussion Board:
In this example, the student doesn't have a Discussion Board link. You must create a link to the board, or link to the individual forums on the board.
If you give students a link to Discussion Board, they will see a list of all of the forums in the course. You can also give them links to one forum at a time.
To create a link to Discussion Board on Course Menu, perform the following steps:
1. From the Add Menu Item menu, select Create...