4WDMech

Greetings...I am creating Teachable.com courses and would like my students to have access to a discussion area or "forum". I have a well established IPS forum(s) site with Members, Administrator, Moderators, etc. The current Groups, content and structure need to remain undisturbed. The forum(s) structure can be seen at https://forums.4wdmechanix.com. My Teachable student exchanges would be visible as Public ("read only" enabled if a Club). Posting/exchanges at this group discussion area would be limited to my enrolled Teachable students. The Teachable students could be distinguished by their email addresses. I would grant permission/access for these email addresses (i.e. students) to use the group discussion area. (If a "Club", I would be the "Leader" by IPS definition.) As a side note, the students could also participate at the other forum sections. This might require their joining that site area as a "Member". How can I set up this unique discussion group, club or forum? Is it a "Club" or "Forum" in structure? Something else? How would this look at the existing site? IPS is considering "integration". When might that go into effect? Would that enable importing email addresses? Thanks! Moses Ludel