Forums+&+Newsgroups

Introduction
An online forum is a website where people can leave public messages about a specific topic. An online forum can also be known as a message board or bulletin board,. A newsgroup is a type of bulletin board, but one which is within the Usenet system.

Many websites allow users to contribute via online forums.

Task
Visit an online forum which you are familiar with and create a new post about a related topic. Comment on other posts in the forum.

Assessment
This task can be one of your three assessments for Assessment 3.

Create a blog post or word processed document which describes how you set up and used an online forum / bulletin board. It should include:
 * the url
 * the name of the forum
 * a summary of what the forum is used for
 * the topic you posted under
 * screenshots of the post which you made
 * screenshots of the comments which you made