Creating discussions

Discussions are content components designed to add group discussions as course activities. To add a discussion to a course, you need to include it into the respective composition.

To create a discussion content component:

1. In the LMS management portal, click in the upper-left corner.
2. Go to Authoring > Content libraries.
3. Click Discussions.
4. Click  and specify the following parameters:

• Title — the component title.
• Unique Code or ID — the identifier of the component to ease the search in the future.
• Description — a short description of the component.
• Duration — estimated time for learners to complete the discussion activity.
• Cover image — either upload a file from the local storage or specify the URL.
• Categories — if needed, add categories to filter and organize this component in the course catalog. See Adding content categories to compositions.
• Status — the current status of the component, Draft if you plan to edit it later or Ready if the component is ready for publishing.

1. Click Save and go to content editor.
2. Enter information for the discussion. The data is saved automatically. Click Mark as ready. The discussion status will change to Ready.

Add the discussion to a composition to include it in the respective course.