Creating a question

With the different types of posts, many of the features, such as attaching a file, use the same steps as the announcement and material posts. However, posts such as questions and assignments have additional features. If you are reading this book out of chapter order, refer to the previous chapter, Chapter 3, Sending Your First Announcement, for the features that are also found in announcements.

You create questions in the Classwork section by selecting the Question option under the Create button, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 4.1 – The Question option in the Classwork section

Additional features in a question post not found in an announcement post

The following screenshot shows the dialog box that appears when creating a question post:

Figure 4.2 – Main sections of a question post

There are three fields where an announcement post only has one. Furthermore, question posts have question...