The Media Gallery is a course-specific collection of Kaltura media published in Brightspace by you and your students (depending on the settings you choose). The Media Gallery is visible to the entire class. Items in the course Media Gallery are only visible from within that course. Most Media Gallery features can be made available to […]
Tag: Discussions
Create a Discussion Forum
To create a new discussion or forum: Note: All topics require a forum. However, forums without a topic cannot be responded to; therefore, if you only create a forum, students won’t be able to post a response.
Discussions
The Discussions tool is a collaboration area for instructors, teaching assistants and students. Students can post, read, and reply to messages on different topics, share thoughts about course materials, ask questions, share files, or work with peers on assignments and homework. Articles under Discussions Video Tutorials
Group Restrictions Tool
If you have already set up multiple forums or topics for groups, you can restrict them simultaneously using the Group Restrictions Tool. Restrict multiple existing forums or topics To open a forum or topic to everyone, clear the check box in the Restricted column and click Save. Create new restricted discussion topics for all groups in a category You can automatically create […]
Setting Group Restrictions for a Discussion Forum or Topic
You can restrict an existing forum or topic so that it is only accessible to members of a specific group or section. Note: You must have pre-existing groups before you can set group restrictions on discussions using this method. Restrict a Single Forum or Topic To remove a group’s access, click the “x” icon next to the group […]
Adding Groups to Discussion Topics or Assignment Tools
You can assign Discussion topics or assignment submission folders to groups (previously created) directly from the Discussion or Assignment Tools. When creating a new Discussion topic or Assignment Submission folder, under the type of topic or folder, select the Group or section topic for Discussions and Group Submission folder for Assignments.
Deleting Groups and Categories
What happens when you delete a group? What happens when you delete a category?
Editing Group Restricted Discussion Topics
To view and edit the topics that have been created for your groups, you must go to the Discussion area. To do so, go to Communications > Discussions on the navbar. You will see your new group topics listed in the module you specified. Each topic will be labelled with the name of the group. For […]
Creating Group Restricted Discussion Areas
When you select the Set Up Discussion Areas option and click Save, you will automatically be taken to the Create Restricted Discussion Areas page. From this page you can create topics for your groups.
Creating Groups with Workspaces
You can create group workspaces like discussions and assignment submission folders. These spaces can be created either at the time you create the group, or at any time afterwards. To create workspaces (assignments or discussion) at the time you create a new category and set up groups Select the workspace type(s) you wish to create […]
