To create a discussion board, drop down the “Course Tools” menu from your course sidebar and select “Discussion Board.”

A screenshot of the Blackboard course management sidebar

On the “Discussion Board” page, you will see your main course discussion board, and, if you have groups in your course, group discussion boards. Choose where you want to create a discussion board.

A screenshot of the Blackboard discussion board management screen

From the toolbar, select “Create Forum”.

Forums are the topics for a particular discussion board. On this “Create Forum” page, consider using a general forum name, like ‘YuJa Response Discussion Boards,” or “Module 2 Video Responses,” if you want to have multiple discussions for module 2. Click submit to create the forum.

A screenshot of the Blackboard create forum screen

In addition to a name and description, you can set forum availability and settings from this screen too. Remember, these settings will effect all discussion boards you create inside the forum.

You’ve created a forum! Select the forum you just created.

From the toolbar, select “Create Thread”.

Enter the information you want to use as the discussion board prompt. Unlike the forum name and description you created in steps prior, be specific on this page. This information is what your students will be responding to!

A screenshot of the Blackboard discussion board creation screen

If you want to add a YuJa video to your post, select the “+” icon from the bottom row of tools in the editor.

A screenshot of the Blackboard discussion board text editor

Scroll down to the bottom of the window, and select “YuJa - Graded item”.

Note: this item does not need to be graded

A screenshot of the Blackboard add content window

The YuJa media chooser window will open. From the media chooser, you can choose to upload media already on YuJa, you can upload media to YuJa, or you can create a new recording.

Learn how to use the media chooser → (video ends at 02:06 - return to this page!)

Learn more about how to use the YuJa mobile app to record videos on your smartphone →

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Set the method for student engagement with YuJa

When you’re ready to post the discussion board, select “Submit”.

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