With the upgrade to the latest version of FerrisConnect, we have found the discussion boards are not acting as intended. This issue involves making discussion threads unavailable to students.

Currently, if an instructor makes a discussion thread unavailable within section 2 of the discussion board forum settings by selecting "No" for the Available setting,
or by setting an availability date and time restriction, the students will still be able to see the thread.If the thread is set to no under availability, the student will see “This forum is currently unavailable.” If the availability date and time restriction is set, the student will see “Forum is not available. Available after: Friday, February 1, 2013.”Students are also able to enter the forum. Should a student click on a forum that is not available, they will be brought to an Access Denied Screen.Should a student click on a thread that is set to a date of availability, they will be able to access the thread as normal.

Then the students will not see a “Create Thread” button when they go to the discussion board forum.There is currently a ticket into Blackboard about this issue and we hope to have it resolved soon.