Posting a comment or reply

A GroupQuality Discussion board participation is defined by three levels

1. Discussion Topics.
2. Comments made by Participants and Moderators around those topics.
3. Replies are discussion which occur around a Comment on any given topic.

For example: the discussion board topics are the overriding context of each of the discussions. Participants would then go to the board and add a Comment level post (This is the ideas, opinions and responses under a topic). To discuss the generated comments participants Reply to the Comment directly.

Posting a comment or reply

From the workspace of a discussion board select to comment on the main plan topic or reply to a participants post.

1. Either select the main Comment on this topic button under the plan topic or the Post comment window at the bottom of the screen to add a comment about the plan topic.
2. Enter the comment.
3. For a post reply to a participants comment select the visibility as one of the following:
• Private -  only visible by the participant who originally made the post the moderator and administrator.
• Public -  visible to everyone who is able to log in to the board.
4. To add a file to a comment or reply use the file selector provided. Please note: to use file upload it must be enabled in the board's options area when setting up the board. Files must be no larger than 50mb on the one upload.
   
5. Select the browse button and your computers file explorer window will be displayed.
6. Locate the file and select it. The Discussion boards currently support Image, Pdf, Word, Excel and PowerPoint file uploads. Please note: to use file upload it must be enabled in the board's options area when setting up the board.
7. Add a file label.
8. Select the Post Comment or Post Reply button.
9. The text and files are added to the board.