• Use the navigation frame on the left side of the screen in your course. If the discussion forum that you wish to enter is located on the main Discussion Board, click the "Discussion Board" button. If the discussion forum is located in the Group Pages area, click the "Communication" button and then the "Group Pages" link:

• If you want to use the main Discussion Board, continue reading below. If you want to use a Group Pages Discussion Board, please read Group Discussion Board Options.

When the Discussion Board appears, scroll to the appropriate discussion forum, read the instructions, and then click the link to the discussion forum to either add a new discussion thread to an existing thread:

• After you read the assignment for the discussion forum, click the link to enter the discussion area and either begin a new discussion thread or respond to an existing discussion thread as directed. Moodle gives you several options for viewing the discussion threads. If you enter the discussion forum after several class members have participated in the discussion, you will see links to their discussion threads.

• The plus sign in front of a thread indicated a discussion board member has added a new thread and others have responded to that thread. To view all the discussion threads, click the "Expand All" option:

• You will then see all the discussion threads with the responses arranged in order under the initial thread message:

• To view other options that will allow you to select only particular threads or responses to view at once, move your mouse pointer and click the "Show Option" tab:

• After you click the "Show Options" tab, you will see a series of select boxes in front of the discussion threads and a series of options at the top of the threads:

• Move your mouse until the pointer is poised over the discussion threads that you want to read. Click each of the select boxes. Then move your pointer until it becomes a small hand over the "Collect" option. Click your mouse on the "Collect" option:

• At this point, the initial discussion thread and the response will appear. If you want to read all the discussion threads and responses in the order in which they were submitted, click the "Select All" option and then the "Collect" option. all the discussion threads will appear on the screen.
  
• Another option is to sort the discussions by the members of the discussion group and then select and collect just the comments by one author. To do so, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the "Sort" option and then click the "Author" option:

• When the next page appears, all the discussion threads and replies will be arranged in alphabetical order. If you want to view the threads and replies by a single author, click the ones that you want to read. Then move your mouse pointer up to the "Collect" option. When the select arrows becomes a small hand, click the "Collect" option. You will then be able to read all the comments by one author. To close the discussion thread, click the "OK" button at the bottom of the screen.