Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and Roles: Overview.
To create/add or delete a discussion topic, in your site's
menubar click Discussion
, and then follow the
appropriate steps below:
Add Topic
.
Within this topic, only allow replies directly
to this message
radio button. This option will create a "flat"
discussion. If you would rather choose to allow replies to any posts,
select Within this topic, allow replies to any
message
. Selecting this option will create a "threaded"
discussion, which is by nature more interactive because users are able
to reply to a reply. Flat discussions, in contrast, tend to be more
structured and for this reason are more easily controlled.
Add Attachments
. (If there are already attachments, you will see Add/remove Attachments
instead.)
Browse...
. Once you find the file, select it and click
Open
.
Note: When attaching a file, you must include the
file's extension (e.g., .gif
, .doc
,
.html
, or .jpg
). If you do not, anyone who
attempts to display or download the file will get an error
message.
Attach a copy
next to the
resource(s) you want to attach.
Note: You can attach files from another site to
which you belong, provided that the files are set to be viewable by
people outside the source site. To browse for files in other sites,
click Show other sites
.
Finish
.
Save Draft
) of your entry or
post the topic to the discussion (Add Topic
). If you save it as
a draft, it will show up in the list with other discussion items, but
will be marked as a draft and will be visible only to you, the author.
To delete a discussion topic, click the trash can icon next to the
topic you wish to delete. When asked to confirm that you wish to
delete the topic, click Delete Topic
.
Note: The absence of the trash can icon means that you don't have permission to delete the message.