How to Add Discussion Board to SharePoint Online?

This SharePoint discussion board feature keeps all the comments and conversations in one place. Here, In this SharePoint Online tutorial, I will represent you, how to add a discussion board to a SharePoint Online site. Then, I will show you, how to create a discussion board app from the classic experience. And, finally, I will show you, how to display the comments in discussion boards from a SharePoint site.

Microsoft provides a feature as a discussion board as a list, that we can use to discuss with colleagues in the organization. The discussion board app is only available on the classic SharePoint sites.

Here you can see, I have a discussion board list named “Human Resources” and inside this, I have added a conversation to get feedback from my team members.

Add a Discussion Board to a SharePoint Online Site

Follow the below steps to add a discussion board to a SharePoint site.

• Open the SharePoint site where you want to add a discussion board. Then click on the Gear icon or settings, and select Add an app option like below:

• Next, in the My apps window, click on the classic experience to add a discussion board app.

• Here, search discussion board on the search box, then click on the Discussion Board like below.

• Then, provide a name as “Human Resources” and click on the Create button.

• Once, it is created, this app will be made as a list. Then, click on the list and select + new discussion as shown below.

• Then, you can give the Subject and mention the Body and if you want to get answers from others then click on the check box. Then, click on the Save button.

• Here, you can see how it will appear under the Recent section like below.

This is how to add a discussion board to a SharePoint site.

Display comments in a discussion board from a SharePoint site

Let us see how to display comments in a discussion board from a SharePoint site. To achieve it, follow the below steps.

• Open the discussion board where you want to display the comments. And, click on the conversation.

• Now, you can get all comments from your team members like below:

This is how to display comments in a discussion board from SharePoint Online site.

Conclusion

From this SharePoint Online tutorial, we learned all about how to add a discussion board to a SharePoint Online site. And, also we covered, how to add a discussion board from the classic experience. Then, finally, I have explained, how to display the comments in a discussion boards from a SharePoint site.

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