Type in the Title of your Discussion item and then fill in the Post box. The Post box is where you say what you have to say about this particular issue. By clicking on the respective icons, you can format the text, add a link to another web page somewhere on the Internet, and/or paste a picture of some kind - the choice is yours.
Next you must choose from one of the Discussion categories. Simply select the one that fits your item. If you're not sure, then post it under 'General'.
Tags are keywords that someone might want to search under at a later date - such as 'budget', or '"manual handling" (note that if one of the tags involves two words, such as 'manual handling', use quotation marks to denote that these two words go together. You can use a number of tags - simply separate them with a comma.
You can then add any files you might want to attach to the Discussion item - if there are any.
Finally, click on the 'Add Discussion' button.
If you only want Members of a particular Group to participate in the Discussion, simply go to that Group's page and click on 'Start Discussion' at the bottom of the Discussion Forum section on that page.