1. From the D2L Course Home page, click on [Discussions] in the main navigation bar
2. Click on the desired topic in the “Forums & Topics List”
3. Click on [Compose]
4. In the popup window, type a Subject and the text of your message.
5. OPTIONAL: Click [Add a File] to include an attachment.
6. OPTIONAL: Click [Record Audio] to include audio.
7. OPTIONAL: Check the box next to “Pin Message” if you would like to keep the message at the top of the discussion forum. For instance, if you are asking your students to give introductory posts during the first week of class you might do a post yourself. You can use the “pin message” option to ensure that your introduction post is always at the beginning of the posts as a guide for students.
8. Click [Post] in the lower‐right hand corner of the popup window to post right away or [Save Draft] to save and post later.
D2L 10.0 July 2012
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