How to enroll in the online literature discussion.

1. Go to the Blackboard login screen. Use your school username and password to log in.
2. At the next screen, click the tab that says "Courses."
3. In the first search box -- "Course Search" -- type in "Mrs. Spafford" without the quotes, and click GO.
4. When "Mrs. Spafford's Discussion Groups" pops up, click the Enroll button.
5. On the next screen, click Submit.
6. On the screen that says "You have been successfully enrolled in "Mrs. Spafford's Discussion Groups," click OK.
7. Follow the directions on the next screen.

Once you're enrolled, it's time to join the discussion.

1. Click on the appropriate forum.
2. This will show you the threads of discussion that are going on. A discussion thread is a specific subject related to the general conversation.
3. You can:
• Click on a thread to respond or comment on that subject. This is what you do when there's a thread already talking about what you wanted to comment on. To read each comment, click on its subject. To reply to a comment, click the reply button.
• Start a new thread of conversation, by clicking on the "Add New Thread." This is what you do when you have something else you want to comment on, and want to start a new topic of conversation.
4. The requirement is at least 1 post per day, M-Th.
5. Your comments should be more than a sentence or two in length, and they will be graded like any other type of literature responding; you need to show that you're thinking about the literature.