--- 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}