I know I saw that somewhere! Finding Lost Posts

If you are in a class that has been very active in the discussion boards you may find yourself in the situation of trying to find the post you want to respond to or one that contains a link that you wanted to explore. Instead of searching through all the posts, you can use these tools:

Forum Search: On the left side of the classroom, just below the Activities block is the Forum Search block. Type in a word or phrase that might be found in the post you are looking for and click on the Search button. This will search all the posts in the class and return a list of the discussions with the matching text highlighted.

If this does not help or returns too many posts, you can use the Advanced Search link in the Forum Search block. This will bring you to a form that includes other search options, like exact phrase, date range, author name and more.

Profiles: You can view a list of posts by any person in your class, including your own. Click on the Participants link in the People block on the top left side of the main classroom screen. You will then see a list of participants in the class. Click on any name in the list to view more information about that person. Just above their information is two tabs. The second one says "Forum Posts". Click on that to see a list of posts by that person sorted with the most recent appearing first.

Hopefully these tips will help you to locate the missing information you need quickly.

Now, if finding stuff on my desk were so easy!

posted by Classroom Manager @ 1:46 PM