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Steps to Add Discussion Forums in your LMS

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Add a discussion forum to your LMS domain within minutes. BrainCert offers native and third-party discussion extensions that are easy to use and intuitive. 

Step 1: 

Go to 'Global Settings' and navigate to 'Forums' to create and manage forums.
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Step 2:

Use the 'Forum Settings' option to change the forum name, enable/disable the forum, and enable/disable email notifications for discussion replies. 

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Step 3:

Create forum categories and sub-categories to allow users to start discussions. Start with creating a parent category. Click on the 'Add a forum category' icon to create a parent category.

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Step 4:

After creating a parent category, for example, 'Artificial Intelligence', click on the '+' icon to create sub-categories under it.

You can click on the 'Edit' icon to change the category name as well and the 'Cross (x)' icon to delete the category.
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Step 5:

You will find a popup asking you to type a 'Sub-Category Name'. Type a name and click the "Add" button to save it.
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The order can be changed using the drag-and-drop method for the category and sub-category.



Step 6:

To set up an 'Icon' for the forum category, click on the '(?)' Question Mark icon.
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Set Icon
Click on the relevant icon for the forum category to set it.

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The selected icon can be seen on the left side of the forum category.
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Note that deleting a forum category will delete all sub-categories and discussion topics under it. This action is not reversible.
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