To 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.
Select Create new topic.
Select Create new topic.
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.
- Check the checkboxes corresponding to respective groups who should see the topic.
Publish post.
Select Publish to create a group-specific topic.
Making an existing topic available to selected groups only
Select the topic.
Select an existing topic. 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, choose 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.
- Check the checkboxes corresponding to respective groups who should see the topic.
Publish topic.
Select Publish to create a group-specific topic.