Edit discussion board to make it "post first"

You can change the settings on a discussion board so that students need to post a response to the discussion board before they can see what others have posted to the discussion board. To learn how to create a discussion board post, read here.

Go to the discussion board that you would like to change.

Go to the discussion board that you would like to change.

Hover your mouse to the right of the discussion board name, click the down arrow that appears and select Edit.

Hover your mouse to the right of the discussion board name, click the down arrow that appears and select Edit.

Scroll to the "Forum Settings" section and click the dot to the left of "Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum."

Scroll to the "Forum Settings" section and click the dot to the left of "Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum."

Click Submit.

Click Submit.