Click on this Help icon for an overview of the Discussion Forum instructor's tools, or click on the tool names below to view instructions for each specific instructor's tool.

Delete a Discussion Forum Post
Enter the unique number of the post you wish to delete.
Each post has a nine digit number printed in a distinct color beneath the message. Copy and paste that number into this field:

Enter your password:

 Compile All Discussion Forum Posts
If you would like to compile a full transcript of the forum, enter your password (particularly useful for printing all class posts):

Change Discussion Forum Page Title

Enter a new title for your Discussion Forum page:

Enter your password:

Update or Edit a Course URL

Enter the updated URL for your Course Home Page. Use this tool either to correct a mistyped URL or, at the start of a new semester, to change the URL so that it points to your course home page and students in the new course can continue to use the existing page.

Enter your password:

Change Instructor E-mail Address

Enter a new instructor e-mail address. Use this tool either to correct or update an e-mail address, which appears in the "E-mail comments or questions" link in the footer of each Critical Tool page.

Enter your password:

Mail Passwords to Instructor

If you are the Instructor and have forgotten your password, click the Submit Form button and it will be e-mailed to you:

Permanently Shut Down Forum
Type, as one word where all vowels are lowercase and and consonants capitalized "SHuTDoWN" to archive and shut down the forums

Enter your password:

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