Locking a thread allows grades to be assigned without users updating or changing posts. Select Lock. Change the status of the thread to re-open the thread to editing. Select Unlock.
Edit a thread Open a forum and select a thread. On the thread's page, point to a post so that all of the functions appear and select Edit. The editor appears. Make edits while you view the original post.
Blackboard (Faculty) - Discussion Boards: Lock a ThreadClick on the title of the discussion forum to open it. ... Hover your mouse over the thread you want to lock.Then click the circular grey icon that appears to the right of the thread title.Choose Lock from the drop down menu.More items...•Sep 13, 2017
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.
Select Clear Attempt in the bottom right of the page. 5. Blackboard will issue a warning message reminding you that the submission cannot be recovered. Click OK to delete the attempt.Jul 17, 2018
How do I use this?Open Blackboard and choose the course you want to work with.Click the Edit Mode button, on the top right of the screen, to toggle Edit Mode On or Off.Oct 22, 2018
Create a discussionIn your course, select the Discussions icon on the navigation bar.Select the plus sign in the upper-right corner to open the menu. ... In the menu, select Add Discussion. ... On the New Discussion page, type a meaningful title. ... Get the discussion started with a question, idea, or response. ... Select Save.
Open the Discussion BoardFind the discussion board in two places: On the course menu, select Discussions. On the course menu, select Tools and then Discussion Board.The main Discussion Board page appears with a list of available discussion forums. On this page, you can perform these actions:
Follow these steps to lock a thread:In the “Course Menu,” click Discussions link.Click a Forum title to open the Forum.Make sure List View button is selected.Select the checkbox of a thread you want to lock. ... Click the Action link (Chevron icon) and choose Lock for the selected thread.
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.
ULTRA: Edit and delete your discussion topics Jump to the "Original" help on editing or deleting a post. On the main Discussions page, open a discussion you created to access the menu. Select Edit to make changes. You can't edit the discussion title after you've created it.
External GradeProblem is, when you go to Blackboard Grade Center, there's this weird green checkmark next to your Total column which designates that column as the “External Grade.” I have no idea what that actually means, but for our purposes, what this means is that you can't delete the Total column until you designate some other ...Dec 30, 2014