Set Up a Discussion Area

You will only see this page if you choose ‘Set up Discussion Areas’ on the Create New Category page.


Under the forum heading, select a forum to create the group topics under (if you have already created discussion forums), or select New Forum. 

  • In the popup window provide a title for your New Forum.
  • Click Save. 
  • The drop-down menu under forums will populate with the new forum name.
  • Click Save and Save again 

On the next page,

  1.  Select the Create one topic per group radio button if you want to manage each topic individually. Learners can only see topics assigned to their group.

Click Communication>Discussion to see how the discussion group is set up

2. If you want to manage all activity and assessment from one topic, select the Create one topic with threads separated by group radio button. Learners can only see threads from their own group.

Click Communication>Discussion to see how the discussion group is set up


Note: Students will only see the discussion topic associated with their group.


If you want to create discussion forums at a later time, you just need to simply edit the Group Category and scroll down until you see Create Group Discussions.