First, you will need to create an account. On the main page you will see a link on the right side near the top of the page that you can click on to create your username and password. You will be taken to a page to do this. Fill out all of the information that you can, then your account will be created and you can start to use the forum.
To post a new topic, click on Start a new topic, and give it a subject and a description, then fill in the body with what your message is. Click post to put it up onto the message board for others to see and reply to.
To reply to an existing message, click on the title of that topic, then simply click reply to post a reply message to the original one.
Play around with the various things here, and get accustomed to using them. This is a great medium to share information.