Discussion Boards – Blackboard Student Support Editing and Deleting Discussion Posts On the Thread Detail page, click the title of one of your own posts. The post appears in the Current Post portion of the content frame. Click Edit to modify the message or click Delete and confirm its removal.
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Open a thread in a forum. On the thread's page, point to a post to view the available functions. Select Edit or Delete. The delete action is irreversible.
You can edit or delete your own posts only if your instructor has made those options available to you. You cannot edit or delete others' posts. If you post a message in error and the option to delete it is not available to you, contact your instructor.
Students can delete only their own discussions, responses, and replies. Students can't edit their discussion titles after they create discussions. Open the menu for a response or reply to access the Edit and Delete functions. If you delete an initial response, all replies remain.
To Delete Old Posts:Enter Blackboard and open the course.Edit Mode - On.Open the Discussion Board.Find a Forum that has posts. Open the forum.Click the top left checkbox to select all the threads.Optional: Uncheck any message to be kept.Click Delete to remove the student posts.
Once a file has been successfully submitted to an assignments, you can't delete it.Nov 2, 2020