How to Use the Blackboard Discussion Board

This semester, we will use the Blackboard Discussion Board as a collaborative writing tool.

This semester, we will use the

Blackboard Discussion Board

as a collaborative writing tool.

When I post a new forum in the discussion board, you’ll post one response to my prompt and you’ll post a response to one or more of your classmates’ responses.

When I post a new forum in

the discussion board, you’ll

post one response to my

prompt and you’ll post a

response to one or more of

your classmates’ responses.

Here’s how it works.

Here’s how it works.

On the first page of the class Blackboard site, you’ll see a column of buttons on the left and the Announcements page on the right. Click on the Discussion Board button on the left.

After you click on the Discussion Board button, the Discussion Board Forums will appear in the window to your right. To open a forum, click on the forum’s title. Click on the forum title

After you click on the forum title, you’ll see my prompt at the top of the forum and all the responses to my prompt below it. To read my prompt, click on the title. Click on prompt title

After you click on the prompt title, the prompt’s text message will appear. Think about your response before writing it. You may even want to print the prompt so you can read it later.

When you’re done reading the prompt, click on OK at the bottom right of the screen. This will take you back to the first page of the forum. To respond to the writing prompt, click on Add New Thread .

After you click on Add New Thread , the Create New Message page will appear. Type your title in the subject line . Give your response a good title. A good title will pique your readers’ curiosity and make them want to find out what you wrote. subject line

Type your response in the message window . You can also type your response in a word processing program, then copy and paste your response into the discussion board message window. This will also allow you to keep a record of your discussion board responses. This is the message window.

When you are done typing your response, go down to the bottom of the page and click Submit . This will take you back to the Add New Thread page.

When you are done typing

your response, go down to the

bottom of the page and click

Submit . This will take you

back to the Add New Thread

page.

Go down to the bottom of the Add New Thread page and click on OK . This will take you back to the forum page.

Go down to the bottom of

the Add New Thread page

and click on OK . This will take

you back to the forum page.

To check your response, click on the forum title again. You should see a thread with your name and the title of your response.

To check your response, click

on the forum title again. You

should see a thread with your

name and the title of your

response.

To view your response, click on the title. (Don't click on your name. Clicking on your name will bring up an email window.)

To view your response, click

on the title. (Don't click on your

name. Clicking on your name

will bring up an email window.)

If you are happy with your response, you can leave it as it is. If you want to make changes, click on Modify and go through the same process you went through to create a new message.

If you are happy with your

response, you can leave it as

it is. If you want to make

changes, click on Modify and

go through the same process

you went through to create a

new message.

To respond to someone else's post, click on the title of their post and then click on Reply . Follow the same process you went through to respond to my prompt.

That’s it. Happy posting!