Hiding Discussion Board Threads

You've probably noticed that you cannot make a forum or a thread unavailable without removing it from the Discussion Board. But there is a way to clean up a forum: archives provide a means of storing threads in such a way that they no longer appear in the forums. Here's how to proceed.

1. Go to your course Communication: Discussion Board.
2. Enter the forum for which you wish to create an archive. (Enter it by selecting title link.)
3. Below the list of messages, select the link "[Click Here for Archives]."
4. Select the Add Archive button at the top.
5. Create the archive by filling in the Title and Description blanks and then select Submit. You choose whether students can view the archive or not.
6. The archive will now be listed. Select Modify beside its name.
7. Look for the area titled "Select threads to move to Archive" followed by a checklist of threads. Select the ones you want to move. Then select Submit.
8. If you return to the archive (as in 1-3 above), then select Modify, you can"Release archived thread into Forum." Following is a checklist of archived threads that you can return to the forum.

 

This document was created by Dr. AnnMarie Johnson at University of WI Oshkosh