Moodle forums are discussion boards in which students and faculty can post topics and replies. An overview of the Moodle forum activity is available from the Moodle documentation site: https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/Forum_activity
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Forum settings
Create a Moodle forum by turning editing on and adding the "Forum" activity. There are several settings to be aware of. The following sections cover the most important settings.
Forum Type
There are a variety of forum types. Clicking on the help question mark button next to the "Forum type" setting shows a brief overview of each. From the Moodle documentation:
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There are five different types of Moodle Forums:
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Subscriptions
Subscribing to a forum means that you will receive an email every time there is a new post to the forum. Instructors can change the default behavior of subscriptions to a variety of settings. From the Moodle documentation:
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There are 4 subscription mode options:
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To see who is subscribed to the forum, go to enter the forum and click Settings → Forum Administration → Show/edit current click Subscriptions → View subscribers.
Grade and Ratings
It is possible to generate a grade for each student based on their participation in the forum. The grades can are grade is derived from a rating for the student's posts and can be calculated in a variety of ways (ask your Academic Technologist for more details).
Announcements
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The Announcements forum is a special forum used for class news. Only instructors can post to this forum and everyone is forced to subscribe to this forum.
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