This is a user generated content for MyStory, a YourStory initiative to enable its community to contribute and have their voices heard. The views and writings here ...

Obviously, if you're reading this you don't think forums are dead. Me neither. But, there seems little doubt that forums have taken a hammering, with social media as the entity wielding the hammer.

Discussions in Brightspace consist of forums, topics, and threads; threads are further broken down into posts and replies. An example of this structure might look like a “Weekly Reading Reflections” ...