Navigate to your course, in the green navigation bar

1. Click on Communication, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click on Groups

This will open the Manage Groups homepage

3. Select the Group Category you would like to add a discussion topic to under the drop-down menu below View Categories
4. Click on the downward arrow next to the category name
5. Click on Edit Category. This will open the category editing screen

Scroll down to the section Additional Options

6. Tick the box next to Set up discussion areas, this will make more options visible
7. From the drop-down menu, select the forum you want to insert the discussion topics into; or click on New Forum to create a new forum
8. Select Create new topic to create new discussion topics for the groups within the Group Category or select Attach to existing topic to create a new thread within an existing topic
9. Click on Save

After you save the settings, a new page will open. 

In this page, you will be able to create or edit the discussion topics for your group

10. Select  one of the two options:

• Create one topic per group - to create a discussion topic for each group within the same Group Category
• Create one topic with threads separated by group - to create one single topic in the forum with one thread per group

11. (Optional) Edit the title and description
12. Click on Create and Next; you can also click on Add Another to add another discussion topic

An overview of the topics added or modified will appear,

13. Click on Done

 After this action, you will be taken to the Edit Category screen. Scroll down to Additional Options, you will find here the new topic(s) you just created under Existing Workspace.

14. (Optional) Click on the name of the topic to edit it. You can find out more about the options available here
15. Click on Save 

Now you know how to create a discussion topic and assign it to a specific group!