You can host focused group discussions that only the members of your choice can participate in. To limit who can access a discussion, you must set permissions on the forum itself.
Any member who creates discussion forums may set permissions on a forum. If you are an administrator, you can restrict who is permitted to create new discussion forums.
To set permissions for a discussion forum:
Click Discussions in the Menu. A list of all the discussions appears.
Click the New button in the Command Bar. The New Forum page appears.
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Forum Name |
On the Details tab, type the name of the new forum. |
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Description |
Enter a description for the forum. |
Click the Permissions tab to set the default access level and any special access for specific members and guests. You can choose from the following access levels:
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No Access |
Can not see the forum. |
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Read |
Can see all the messages in the forum, but can't post new ones. |
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Read & Add |
Can see all the messages in the forum, add new messages, and edit and delete any messages they post. |
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Manage |
Can edit or delete the forum itself, in addition to everything the Read & Add access level can do. |
Click Choose Members to change the list of groups and members that appears. Add or remove members from the list, and then click Ok. You can now assign special access levels to the members or groups you added.
Click Save in the Command Bar.
If you have Manage access rights to a forum, you can change its permissions settings.
To change permissions for a discussion forum:
Click Discussions in the Menu. A list of all the discussions appears.
Click the Edit icon 
beside the
forum you want to change.
Click the Permissions tab to set the default access level and any special access for specific members and guests.
Click Choose Members to change the list of groups and members that appears. Add or remove members from the list, and then click Ok. You can now assign special access levels to the members or groups you added.
Click Save in the Command Bar.
If you find that you frequently give the same permission level to a group of members, ask your administrator to create a group for them. A group is a subset of members, such as a department, committee, or team represented in your site. With groups, when you set permissions on a forum, you can simply select the member group rather than all the member names individually.
Administrators, click here to see how to create a member group.
If guests are permitted to access your site, you can also allow them to contribute to online discussions. Guests enter their names and email addresses to identify themselves each time they post a message.
To provide guests with access to Discussions:
An administrator must give guests access to the Discussions application. Go to Administration > Permissions.
In Discussions, choose which forums you want guests to be able to access and change the permissions setting for the forum. You can give guests Read access or Read & Add access to the forum.