Moderating the Discussion Board - Tools
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Tools
- Search: fill out the appropriate fields in the search bar and click GO to look for posts. If the search bar is not visible (which is done to save display space), you may click on the Search button to reveal it.
- Subscribe/Unsubscribe: if you have enabled this forum option, you may choose to receive an email message when a new post is made by clicking on the Subscribe button at the top. The email will be sent from the Blackboard application to the address entered in your Personal Profile. When you are subscribed to a forum or a thread (depending on which one has been enabled), you will see the subscription icon at the top left. In addition, the Subscribe button will be replaced with an Unsubscribe button, which you may click to stop receiving email updates.
- Flag/Clear Flag: flagging allows you to create a reference to a post for yourself, so that you have a reminder to respond at a later time or to simply keep track of it. To flag a post, simply check its box and click on the Flag button at the top. Flagged posts will have a red flag displayed next to their Subject line. To clear a flag, simply check a flagged post's box and click the Clear Flag button. If you have opened a post within a thread, you may instead use the Flag/Clear Flag button in the post message box.
- Collect: can be used to tag posts (forum managers only) and to print posts from the discussion board. To do so, check the boxes of the posts you wish to include and click Collect. You may instead check a thread's box to collect every post within it. On the next screen, click Print to send the posts to the printer, or to add tags to a post, click on its Add button and enter a keyword. For bulk tagging, make your selection by checking the boxes for the correspoding posts and use the Tag box at the top.
