N.B: If you click on any of the
images, it will pop up in a larger zoomed
in
display for you.
The content from a Board and its
posts can be exported, for more
information,
see: Exporting
Board
content.
Add a Board
The Board activity can be added to
and accessed from Individual
courses:
- Navigate to a course.
- Click “Turn editing on”.
- Click “Add an activity or
resource”.
- Click the “Board” activity.
Board Settings
The Board settings only apply to individual
Board modules and can be altered
when creating or updating a Board.
The Board settings are as
follows:
- Background colour: If you want to give
a
background colour for the board enter
the
valid hex colour here such as #00cc99.
For
a list of hex colours check out this
website color-hex.com
- Background Image: If you want to use
an
image for the background instead,
upload
an image under the Background Image
option. BMP, JPEG or PNG are
acceptable.
We recommend an image size of 1280
(height) x 800(width).
- Rating posts: If you want to let you
(teachers) or students rate posts
select
the appropriate option:
- Disabled.
- by Students.
- by Teachers.
- by All.
- Hide column headers from students:
either
disabled or enabled to hide the column
headers from students
- Sort by - By default the posts are
listed
as they are created and if they are
moved
around. However, you can sort the
entries
on the Board by:
- None.
- Creation Date.
- Rating.
- Single user mode - By default a
board is shared. However you can set a
board to be available for each
user:
- Disabled
- Single user mode (private)
- Single user mode (public)
- Limit students posting by date: If you
want to implement a cut off date for
students adding posts, select the
Limit
students Posting by date. This will
unhide
the Post by Date date option. Set the
date
and time that you want students to
stop
posting.
- Allow all users to edit the placement
of
their own posts: Students cannot move
their posts around by default.
However, if
you want them to be able to move the
post
- select Allow all users to edit the
placement of their own posts.
- Enable blank target: When enabled, all
links will open in a new
tab/window.
- Embed the board into the course page:
a
board will appear on the course
page.
For more information on Single user
mode, see: Single
user mode
Board Columns
A Board can contain any number of
columns and the column headers can be
hidden
from students with the “Hide column
headers
from students” setting. Columns can be
locked
to prevent the addition of new
posts.
A column overview:
- Add - create a new column: click the
plus
icon on the right of the
columns.
- Edit - change column name:
Double-click
the column name.
- Delete - remove a column and content:
click the x icon in the top right
corner
of the column.
- Move - change column place: click the
four
pronged icon, then drag and
drop.
- Lock - prevent post creation: click
the
lock icon.
Board Posts
A Board can contain any number of
posts, which can be added up to the
specified
date within the “Limit students posting by
date” setting. Posts can be added
containing
different media types, rated, moved
between
columns and commented on, for more
information, see: Posts.
