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 \label{Course_Discussion_Board}  \label{Course_Discussion_Board}
 To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, the  To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, do the following: 
 easiest thing to do is make a short HTML page, with contents set to  
 something like \emph{General Discussion Board: Please post general  
 discussion here.} Then add that page as the first page of your course  
 sequence, or wherever else you would like the general discussion  
 page. LON-CAPA's built-in discussion features will do the rest.  
   
 You might also want to include information on that page about how to  \begin{enumerate}
 post to the discussion.  
   
   \item Either select \textbf{Course Editor} on the Inline Menu or
   select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
   \textbf{Edit course contents} on the Main Menu.
   \item Select the \textbf{Collaboration} tab.
   \item Select the ``Discussion Board'' item.
   \item Enter a title for the Discussion Board in the pop-up window.
   \item Click the \fbox{re-initializing course} button to make changes active for the current session.
   \item Click the \underbar{Edit} link in the \textbf{Actions} column for the new Discussion Board.
   \item Enter information in the template's text boxes. 
   See the Other Content section (\ref{Docs_Creating_From_Template}) for more information
   on how to do that.
   \item Press the \fbox{Save} button.
   \item Click \textbf{Exit Editing} in the Functions menu.
   \end{enumerate}
   
   NOTE: 
 You can make as many of these discussion board areas as you like; for  You can make as many of these discussion board areas as you like; for
 example, you might want to make one for each chapter or section.  example, you might want to make one for each chapter or section.
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