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Subscribe to a Discussion Board Forum
Posted February 14, 2024
by IDLT
Did you know you can be notified via email if someone posts to a Blackboard discussion forum? It’s true. Logging in and having to check each thread can be cumbersome. If you subscribe to the forum, Blackboard will send you an email when there is a new thread. Follow the instructions in this ITS KnowledgeBase article for how to subscribe to a forum. Remember you can see the message in your email, but you cannot reply from there. You must log in to Blackboard to respond.
A good practice is to create an open forum on the discussion board. Open forums allow students to talk to one another about non-academic topics or ask class-related questions. This can also help you as students may answer those questions before you can view them. You can call this forum things like The Water Cooler, Class Collab Hub, Brainstorm Boulevard, ConnectNChatCorner, eLearner Exchange, Collaborate Corner, or Chat Cafe. Encourage students to subscribe to this forum so they can be alerted when someone posts there as well. The instructions for students to subscribe are the same as for faculty: Blackboard (Students) - Discussion Boards: Subscribe to a Forum .
For questions related to discussion boards or class collaboration, contact the ITS – Instructional Design & Learning Technologies group at idlt_center@siue.edu or 618-650-5500.
