[Account Settings] Ability for Admin to set Discussion - "Create discussion topics" for student to no.

[tmalone2]

All courses provisioned have the Discussion settings > Allow students to "create discussion topics". We would like it set to NO (un checked) that students can NOT create discussion topics...but faculty can choose to turn it on. SO default setting "not checked - no".

Faculty usually create a topic - like FAQ that students can reply. 

Faculty do not want students to create NEW topics outside of the ones provided and may forget to edit ALL their course Discussion > Settings to fix this. 

[Stef_retired]

@tmalone2 

Thanks for sharing this finely-focused idea. As it moves forward for broader participation, you might also be interested in subscribing to the broader topic currently being discussed at Allow Admin to Set Default Course Settings for courses