To attach a Course Discussion Forum to a Gradebook assessment, you must have the following in place:
Your Course Website must be associated with a Curriculum Period.
Your Course Website must have a Discussions page type containing at least one Forum.
Create a Gradebook assessment.
Click the checkbox beside Attach a course discussion to this assessment for grading.
The checkbox is below the area where you define the assessment characteristic, marking scheme and grading scale.
From the Select a Discussion to Grade dropdown menu, select one or more forums that you want to associate with the assessment.
If you select more than one forum, your grader(s) will be able to switch between forums to access the learners posts and replies for each.
Assign your learners to Assessment Graders as required.
Optionally, attach an Assessment Form to assist your graders in grading the discussion forum.
Optionally, create an Assignment Dropbox for the assessment, if the learner is also required to make a submission.
Click Save.
