When creating a discussion in Blackboard Learn Ultra, you have two choices of how to add them to your module from the top navigation panel or within Content.
📘 Instructions
Creating Discussions from the top navigation panel
Select the Discussions tab along the top navigation panel.
Click ‘New Discussion’
3. Create your discussion by inputting title and your discussion prompt, make available to students and adjust the settings
Creating Group Discussions
To create group discussions use group sets to set up your groups. Adding one group to each group set.
In Groups you’ll see a list of your group sets.
Click on Discussions in the course tool bar. Click on New Discussion.
This will open up the Discussion editor. Add a name and a Discussion Topic for the discussion and click Save.
Click on the cog to open up the settings:
Under the Group Discussion, select Assign to Groups.
This will open up the group setting for your discussion. Select Custom in the Group students drop-down menu and select the appropriate group set from those listed (NB Group sets, not groups are displayed). Click Save
You will return to the Discussion Settings menu, 1 group shoud now appear under Group discussion, click Save
Creating Discussions within Content
You can also create Discussions from the Create option within Module Content. Select the + icon wherever you want to add content.
Click Create.
Then select Discussion in the Participation and Engagement section.
Once created you can adjust settings and release to students
Adjusting settings in Discussions
Give your discussion a title and some context /a question/ a starting point etc.
Under the settings you can decide if it is marked etc.
If you choose to allocate marks for the discussion, more options appear.
Creating Discussions in Blackboard Ultra
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