Discussion Creation

From the Assessments or Communication menu within a D2L course, select Discussions.
From the Discussions List tab, select New, and select New Forum.
Enter a Title for the forum.
Enter a Description to explain the purpose of the forum.
Select the checkbox for each forum option.

Note:

To require students to post first before reading other student posts, select the checkbox for Users must start a thread before they can read and reply to other threads in each topic.
Select Save and Close.

From the Assessments or Communication menu within a D2L course, select Discussions.
From the Discussions List tab, select the forum Actions menu, and select Add Topic.
Enter a Title for the topic.
Enter a Description to explain the purpose of the topic.
To link a discussion topic to a grade book, add points in the Grade Out Of field.
From the In Grade Book menu, select the Edit or Link to Existing.
From the Edit or Link to Existing section, select Create and link to a new grade item or Link to an existing grade item.
Select Ok.
Select Save and Close.