Using the Discussion Board
We are using software called Pushpin to run our discussions boards.
You enter and use a Pushpin discussion board using Netscape or any Web
browser.
When you click the link for a class discussion board, a dialog box will
pop up asking you to log in:
Enter the user name (guest) and password (welcome) given to you for the
discussion board. Please note that this is not the same as your
email username and password, or your Internet ID. It will be a generic
username and password assigned to everyone just for this discussion board.
After you log in, you'll see the listing of Forums that are currently
set up.
To go in to one of the forums, just click on its name (Sample
Forum or Another Sample in the above example). Next you'll see
the Index of messages in this forum.
Read any message in the index listing by clicking on it.
Use the Global menu options to look at other forums, the
Forum menu options to look at threads (messages linked by the same
subject heading) within this forum, or the Message menu options to
look at other messages within this thread. Use Post to post a new
message, or Reply to post a reply to the message you are reading.
Here is a sample reply screen.
You can type your message text in the Body area of the screen.
If you are replying to a posting, the original posting will be quoted in
your message, as shown. You can choose to keep the quoted message as part
of your message text, or delete it.
If you prefer, you can write your message in a word processor, then
copy the message text from the word processor and paste it into the
Body area of the Pushpin screen. However, formatting like bold and
italics will not be retained.
Click the Post button to send your message to the class discussion
board.
We hope you enjoy using our discussion board.
Any questions about the board email Chris Whitehead.
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