Introduction
Use forums to organize your discussion topics into categories. Your course can have multiple forums and topics, but you must create a forum before you can create a topic since all topics belong to forums.
Environment
An internet-connected device with a web browser (Edge, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).
Instructions
- On the navigation bar, click Communications > Discussions.

- On the Discussions List page, from the New button drop-down menu, click New Forum.

- Enter a title and description for your new forum.

- In the Options section, select any of the following checkboxes:
- Allow anonymous posts- To enable users to post anonymously.
- A moderator must approve individual posts before they display in the forum- To ensure that posts are approved by a moderator before they display in the forum.
- Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads under each topic- To ensure user participation.
- Display forum descriptions in topics- To provide instructors the option to display a discussion forum description within a discussion topic description.
- In the Restrictions tab, in the Availability section, add start or end dates.

- Select Locking Options for your forum. Locking a forum prevents users from posting to any of its associated topics until it is unlocked; they can still read posts made to a topic prior to it being locked.

- Click Save and Close.

Additional Resources
Create a discussion forum
Create a discussion topic
Create a discussion thread
Reply to a discussion thread
Subscribe to a discussion
Edit a discussion forum or topic
Delete discussion forums, topics, threads, and posts