"Remove" the Main and Notes Topics from Your Class Discussion Board

Overview: WebCT discussion boards contain two topics by default Main and Notes. It is possible to "remove" these topics from your course to limit the chance of students posting messages to the incorrect topics. Another idea to minimize posting of messages to incorrect topics is to use the locked/unlocked feature to turn on and off topics.

Directions:

1. Start in the designer options of the Discussion Board.

a. Select the check box in the private column for the topics you wish to "remove" from student use.

b. Click update.

2. You will receive a Success message when the topics status has been updated.

3. Switch to the View tab and you will see a preview the list of topics student will see when they log on next.

 

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