--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex 2003/06/02 19:54:21 1.4 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Discussion_Board.tex 2005/05/03 17:01:10 1.5 @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ \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 +To create a place explicitly intended as a discussion area, do the following: + +\begin{enumerate} + +\item Select \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. +\item 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. -This can be done by a course instructor through the \textbf{DOCs} -screen; see section \ref{Docs_Creating_From_Template} for more information +NOTE: See section \ref{Docs_Creating_From_Template} for more information on how to do that. -You might also want to include information on that page about how to +\item You might also want to include information on that page about how to post to the discussion. -You can make as many of these discussion board areas as you like; for +\item 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. + +\end{enumerate}