This information applies only to the Ultra Course View.
This information applies only to the Ultra experience.
Discussion Forums and Threads have two primary use cases for conversion in the Original Course View:
- Discussion Forums are the discussion prompt: You create a forum as the discussion prompt. Your students use the forum to view the prompt and then create a thread in the forum to respond to it.
- Discussion Forums are the containers for discussion prompts: You create a forum as a container with threads. Each thread is a unique discussion prompt. Your students can't create threads. They review each thread for the discussion prompt, and then reply to the thread to answer the prompt.
Discussion Forums are the discussion prompt for conversion
If the "allow members to create new threads" setting is on for the forum, it converts into a Discussion in the Ultra Course View.
The following fields and options remain after the conversion process:
| Original Course View Fields and Options | Ultra Course View Fields and Options |
|---|---|
| Name | Title |
| Description | Description |
| Availability | Visibility |
| Display After Date and Time | Show On Date and Time |
| Display Until Date and Time | Hide After Date and Time |
| Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum. | Post First |
| No Grading in Forum | Grade Discussion (Not Selected) |
| Points Possible | Maximum Points |
| Due Date and Time | Due Date and Time |
| Associated Rubrics | Rubrics |
| Allow Author to Delete Own Posts* | Prevent Editing |
| Allow Author to Edit Own Published Posts* | Prevent Editing |
* The options to prevent authors from deleting or editing posts, were separate options in the Original Course View. Both options merge in the Ultra Course View. If either option is selected in the Original Course View, the "Prevent Editing" option is selected when the item converts.
All threads are dropped during the copy, import, and conversion processes.
Discussion Forums are a container for discussion prompts conversion
If the "allow members to create new threads" setting isn't 'On' for the forum, the forum converts into a folder in the Ultra Course View. All threads in the forum are converted into Discussions and are placed inside the created folder.
The following fields and options remain after the conversion process for Discussion Forums:
| Original Course View Fields and Options | Ultra Course View Fields and Options |
|---|---|
| Name | Title |
| Description | Description |
| Availability | Visibility |
| Display After Date and Time | Show On Date and Time |
| Display Until Date and Time | Hide After Date and Time |
The following fields and options remain after the conversion process for Discussion Threads:
| Original Course View Fields and Options | Ultra Course View Fields and Options |
|---|---|
| Subject | Title |
| Message | Description |
| Availability | Visibility |
| Display After Date and Time | Show On Date and Time |
| Display Until Date and Time | Hide After Date and Time |
| Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum. | Post First |
| No Grading In Forum | Grade Discussion (Not Selected) |
| Points Possible | Maximum Points |
| Due Date and Time | Due Date and Time |
| Associated Rubrics | Rubrics |
| Allow Author to Delete Own Posts* | Prevent Editing |
| Allow Author to Edit Own Published Posts* | Prevent Editing |
* The options to prevent authors from deleting or editing posts, were separate options in the Original Course View. Both options merge in the Ultra Course View. If either option is selected in the Original Course View, the "Prevent Editing" option is selected when the item converts.
- Discussions inherit fields and options from both the discussion thread and parent discussion forum during the conversion process.
- All responses and replies to threads are dropped during the copy, import, and conversion processes.
