Use forums to organize your discussion topics into categories. Your unit can have multiple forums and topics, but you must create a forum before you can create a topic since all topics belong to forums.

1. On the navbar, click Discussions.
2. On the Discussions List page, from the New button drop-down menu, click New Forum.
3. Enter a title for your new forum.
4. Enter a description for your new forum.
5. In the Options section, select any of the following check boxes:
   • Allow anonymous posts - To enable users to post anonymously.
   • A moderator must approve individual posts before they display in the forum - To ensure that posts are approved by a moderator before they display in the forum.
   • Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads in each topic - To ensure user participation.
   • Display forum descriptions in topics - To provide instructors the option to display a discussion forum description within a discussion topic description.
6. In the Restrictions tab, in the Availability section, select the Hide from Users checkbox to set the stats of the forum.
7. Select Locking Options for your forum. Locking a forum prevents users from posting to any of its associated topics until it is unlocked; they can still read post made to a topic prior to it being locked.
8. Click Save and Close.

Watch how to create a discussion forum