Reviewing and Responding to Student Posts

This article is for instructors who wish to learn more about viewing student posts in discussion board forums.

To view a forum and the threads in it, select the forum's name on the Discussion Board page. You can view the forum contents in either list view or tree view. This choice remains in effect until you change it. You may change it at any time. Change the view on the forum page in the upper-right corner.

List View

List View presents the threads in a table format. Different functions may appear. For example, if email subscription is enabled for the forum, a Subscribe function appears. Threads that contain any unread posts appear in bold type.

• A: You can create threads or collect posts.

• B: To sort a column, select the column heading.

• C: Select the check box next to a thread and make a selection from the Thread Actions menu. You can select multiple threads or select the check box in the header to select all threads. Actions include:

  • Mark threads read or unread.

  • Set or clear flags. Flags mark threads for later attention.

  • Subscribe to or unsubscribe from email alerts for new posts made to selected threads if enabled.

Tree View

Tree View shows the thread starter messages and the replies to those messages. You may be allowed to create threads or collect posts.

Expand and collapse threads with the plus and minus icons next to the titles. If a thread starter message contains unread posts, the thread starter title appears in bold type. Use the Collapse All and Expand All functions to hide or see all posts included in all threads.

Select the check box next to a thread and make a selection from the Message Actions menu. You can select multiple threads or select the check box in the header to select all threads.

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