Add or Edit a Conference: Conference Newsgroup

Creating an associated newsgroup for a conference allows users to use their newsreaders for reading and posting messages. Many users prefer to use newsreaders because they can download the messages, yet maintain the threaded nature of the discussion when they read them offline, unlike email. You add newsgroup support and specify a name for the newsgroup in the Newsgroup section of the Add Conference form.

To add newsgroup support to a conference, follow these steps:

To create an associated newsgroup, check Add Newsgroup Support.
Enter a unique name for the newsgroup. This name will be used as the newsgroup name. For example, for the Biology 110 homework conference, enter homework.
- To create a hierarchy of newsgroups, specify a common name, followed by a period. For example, to create a hierarchy of newsgroups on the Biology 110 board, enter bio110.homework as the unique name. Later you can add another newsgroup to the hierarchy, for example, bio110.lab.
- Do not include quotation marks in the name.
- You are limited to 255 characters, with no HTML or spaces allowed.