When getting ready to launch a Discussion Board to be used by students, it is very important to configure settings that designate how users can interact with one another on this Board.
This article outlines the following concepts:
- Basic Settings
- Other tabs
Basic Settings
Go to Social > Under the Discussion Boards header, click Settings
In the General tab, begin by configuring Basic Settings, SEO Settings, and Caching Settings.
Other tabs
Continue designating options within the following tabs:
- Frontend - look and feel settings
- Users - User and Subscription settings
- Security - set User interaction, CAPTCHA, and Spam settings
- Uploads - attachment, image, and video settings
- Ranking - enable showing User rankings within the Discussion Boards
- BBCode - various URL settings
- Extra - other various settings
Click Save.