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From WebCT Wiki

WebCT's Discussions tool supports the following types of topics:

1. Threaded topic (the most common)
   • Create a threaded topic for a more traditional online discussion. Users post and reply to messages. Replies that are associated with the same post are grouped together, creating message threads that can be expanded and collapsed.
2. Blog topic
   • Create a collaborative blog (weblog) space by allowing participants to post a chronological series of entries on a particular topic. Participants can then add comments to any blog entry.
3. Journal topic
   • Create a journal topic to give Students a place for their own writing. The journals can be kept private between the Student and the Section Instructor or shared with the class.

The article Discussions: Using offers the best introduction to WebCT discussions.