| Discussion Board Help |
| Whiteboard Courseware System v1.0.3 |
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| Documentation Index |
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| Description |
| This module allows multiple discussion boards, each featuring search capabilities, attachments, full expand/collapse, marking and viewing of unread messages, and hierarchical, flat, and thread-at-once views. Staff and administrators may remove messages and/or threads. |
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| Related Modules |
| Course Browsing, Course Options, Announcements, and Sidebar Links |
| Documents |
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| Permissions |
| Visitors: may not view module |
| Students: full access except message deletion and discussion board add/edit/delete |
| Staff: full access |
| Administrators: full access |
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| Miscellaneous Details |
| The discussion board search relies an a MySQL feature that is not yet mature, so it is turned off by default. |
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| Value Details |
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| Message ID | id | number [int not null auto_increment] | NA | none | 0 | none | yes | |
| Date Posted | date | timestamp [int unsigned not null] | NA | none | NA | NA | yes | |
| NetID | netid | string [varchar(8)] | NA | none | 1 character | 8 characters | yes | May only contain alphanumeric [_A-Za-z] characters. |
| Subject | subject | string [varchar(80)] | long text line | none | 1 character | 80 characters | yes | |
| Message | body | long text line [text not null] | text area | none | NA | NA | yes | May contain anchor (a), bold (b), emphasis/italics (em), and underline (u) HTML tags. |
| Parent Message ID | parent | number [int] | NA | none | none | none | yes | |
| Thread Parent Message ID | threadparent | number [int not null] | NA | none | none | none | yes | |
| Attachment | attachment | string | file upload box | none | 0 characters | none | no | |
| Attachment Name | attachment_name | string [varchar(80)] | NA | none | 0 characters | 80 characters | no | |
| Attachment Size | attachment_size | number [int] | NA | none | 0 | none | no | Empty values replaced with -1. |
| Deleted | deleted | number [tinyint] | NA | 0 | 0 | 1 | yes | |
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