Make topics available to specific site groups. An instructor must configure site groups first. By default, instructor and teaching assistant roles will see all group topics, regardless of their group membership.
Go to the Conversations tool.
Select Conversations from the site Tool Menu.
Make a new topic available to specific groups only.
Author the topic.
See How do I post a topic in Conversations? for the complete steps to posting a new topic.
Configure the Post to options.
- In the Post to section, select Only members of selected groups.
- Select checkboxes corresponding to include respective groups.
Publish post.
Select Publish button to create group-specific topic.
Making an existing topic available to selected groups only
Select topic.
Select an existing topic in the conversations area of the page. When selected, the topic tile will become highlighted.
Edit the topic.
- Select the vertical ellipses to reveal Topic options menu dropdown.
- From the dropdown menu, select Edit to change the content or settings of the topic.
Configure the Post to options.
- In the Post to section, select Only members of selected groups.
- Select corresponding checkboxes for to include respective groups.
Publish topic.
Select Publish button to create group-specific topic.