Searching and Tagging
Searching the Discussion Board
- Click Communication on the Course Homepage.
- Click Discussion Board.
- The Search function appears as a magnifying glass icon at the top of the page throughout the Discussion Board. Click the Search button to display the Search Criteria area.
- Enter the desired keyword(s) in the Search Criteria area.
Note: Use the After and Before options to limit searching to a specific date or time range. Searches can also be limited by changing the Search in location.
- Once all search criteria are entered, click the GO button.
- Search results are displayed for review.
Tagging Forums
Tagging allows message grouping independent of forum or thread status. Creating tags will provide Faculty great flexibility in searching and filtering forum or thread entries.
Note: The post tagging option must be enabled for the Forum. Also, only Forum Managers can create and apply text labels. Other Blackboard users can read, filter, and search messages using the tags but are unable to create new ones.
- Click Communication on the Course Homepage.
- Click Discussion Board.
- Open a Forum by clicking on its title.
- Select the threads to tag.
Note: To select individual threads, use the checkboxes at the left of the title.
To select all threads within the Forum, use the Select All feature.
- Click the Collect button.
- Using either the checkbox or Select All methods, select the threads to tag.
- Type the tag text into the Tag textbox.
- Click the Go button to apply the tag text.
- Once tags are applied, they should be listed in the Tags section for each thread.
Note: To remove the tags, click the 
icon next to the tag.
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Are you looking for more information related to Blackboard communication tools? Review the answers to frequently asked questions regarding the communication tools in Blackboard. Also, consider attending one of the upcoming Blackboard workshops.
Last Updated: 05/27/2008
