Scholar Ultra Courses no longer has a dedicated space for discussion forums. Instead, discussions are incorporated into the main Course Content feed on the front page of a course, and are made one at a time for specific topics. To create a discussion, click the New Content button at the top of the feed and select Create.
Scroll to the Participation and Engagement section, and select Discussion.
You’ll be taken to the New Discussion screen for the Discussion you created. Give the forum a name, and a description for what the Discussion in question will be about.
This space will also allow you to alter the settings for this specific discussion. To open the settings, click the gear icon on the upper right hand side of the screen.
This will open up the full list of settings for a Discussion. This includes whether the discussion is visible in the Course Content feed, whether the activity in the discussion is visible before any given student posts to it, whether students will be able to edit or delete the posts they make to a discussion, and whether participation in a discussion will generate a grade for students. From here, you can also assign a discussion to a specific group, if you have already created student groups. (Will link to Groups once that article is complete)
Selecting the option to grade participation in the Discussion will make additional options appear, such as due dates and point values for participation in the discussion. The ability to grade participation using a rubric will also be available at this point.
To save your settings, click "Save" at the bottom of the settings list. The discussion will be set to the Course Content Feed and ready to accept responses from students.