--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex	2002/12/11 19:04:47	1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex	2013/08/27 17:28:31	1.6
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 \label{Course_Discussion_Board}
-To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, the
-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.
+To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, do the following: 
 
-You might also want to include information on that page about how to
-post to the discussion.
+\begin{enumerate}
 
+\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
 example, you might want to make one for each chapter or section.