View multimedia instructionWhat is Threaded Discussion?
The Discussion Board allows you to
participate in virtual conversations. 'Threaded discussion refers to online
discussion postings that are related to a specific topic. The instructor or students can post a message
or respond to a message at any time from any location. The initial message posted
by the instructor or a student may be responded to with other messages. This group of messages is called a 'thread'.
Enter Discussions, and click on a topic. You will see several threads are listed in the topic window. If you look at a message thread, the first number under the Messages column tells you the number of messages in this thread. The second number tells you the number of
unread messages in this thread. When you click the Display Complete Thread icon 
, you see a list of messages in the thread
with subject, author, and date. Scroll down to read the rest of messages.
A message posted on the Discussion Board can be viewed by
all students in the class and the
instructor. Therefore, the discussion board is used to share information with
others. If you would like to write a private message to someone (your
instructor or another student in the class), use the Mail tool in Blackboard instead.