Add Archive

Threads within a forum can be archived by the Instructor and made available to Students. New archives are created on the Add Archive page. Once a new archive is created, threads can be added through the Modify Archive page.

Follow the steps below to open the Add Archive page.

1. Click Discussion Board in the Course Tools area of the Course Control Panel.
2. Double-click on a forum link to access a discussion forum. The forum opens and the discussion threads appear.
3. Click on the 'Archives' link..
4. Click 'Add Archive'.
The table below details the available fields on this page.

Field Description
Add Archive

Archive Title:
Enter a title for the archive

Description:
Enter a description of what is included in the archive.

Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item.
Plain Text: Displays text as written.
HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.

Available:
Select this option to make this archive available for Students to view.

Release archived thread into Forum:
Select the check boxes next to threads that will be removed from the archive and placed in the forum.

Select threads to move to Archive:
Select the check boxes next to threads that will be placed in the archive.