# Attaching a Discussion Post

## **Prerequisites**

To attach a Course Discussion Forum to a Gradebook assessment, you must have the following in place:

1. Your Course Website must be associated with a Curriculum Period.
2. Your Course Website must have a Discussions page type containing at least one Forum.

## **Attach a Discussion Forum to an Assessment in the Gradebook**

* Create a Gradebook assessment.
* Click the checkbox beside **Attach a course discussion to this assessment for grading.**
  * The checkbox is below the area where you define the assessment characteristic, marking scheme and grading scale.

![](https://1986140690-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FayN3HSBiNqeeT0QDZ9TB%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d6d16f05bb500ee39816414ca86655c5fdfc9e67%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-03-10%20at%2012.39.13%20PM%20\(1\).png?alt=media)

* From the ***Select a Discussion to Grade*** dropdown menu, select one or more forums that you want to associate with the assessment.
  * If you select more than one forum, your grader(s) will be able to switch between forums to access the learners posts and replies for each.

![Selecting a discussion forum to attach to a gradebook assessment](https://1986140690-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FayN3HSBiNqeeT0QDZ9TB%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1ed208f6a0c897e5173d5a41e574d56db71aede4%2FScreen%20Shot%202020-12-05%20at%204.36.14%20PM.png?alt=media)

* Assign your learners to Assessment Graders as required.
* Optionally, attach an Assessment Form to assist your graders in grading the discussion forum.
* Optionally, create an Assignment Dropbox for the assessment, if the learner is also required to make a submission.
* Click **Save**.
