Set up Group Discussions in Brightspace

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Introduction

If you haven’t created groups in Brightspace yet, please refer to this guide on how to create groups. This guide assumes that groups have already been created, and describes how to create a group discussion or convert an existing individual discussion into a group discussion.

How to Set Up a Group Discussion

Steps:

  1. Select ‘Discussions’ from the course navigation bar.
  1. On the Discussions page, you can choose one of the following options:
  • Create a new group discussion topic by clicking the New button and selecting “New Topic”.

OR

  • Locate an existing discussion topic that you’d like to convert into a group discussion, by clicking the chevron icon next to its title and selecting “Edit Topic”.
  1. On the Edit Topic page, click “Availability Dates & Conditions” on the right and select “Manage Restrictions” under Group and Section Restrictions.
  1. On this Group and Section Restrictions screen, select “Restrict topic and separate the threads” and select the Group Category who will participate in this discussion from the dropdown menu. Click “Add” to apply your Group

Note: you will need to have the groups [category] ready already to use this option. If you haven’t already created groups in Brightspace, please refer to How to Create Groups.

  1. Be sure to click “Save and Close” when you are finished to save your Discussion Topic.

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