Tests/Forum

Click the Turn editing on button on the top right corner window.
And go to the Forums topic, click the Add an activity… dropdown box and choose Forum
You should get the configuration-setting page for new forum.
1. In the Forum name, type ‘A testing forum’
2. In the Forum type drop-down box, choose A single simple discussion.
3. In the Forum introduction, type ‘We will test various options available in forum activity’.
4. In the Group Mode drop-down box, choose No groups.
5. Leave the other options as their default values.
6. Click Save changes.
You should get a new page that shows your posting saying ‘We will test various options available in forum activity’.
Click the Reply link and you should get a text-box form in a new page where you can type your reply. Type any text in the box and click Post to forum.
You should get a confirmation page and automatically redirected to the forum page.
Now, go to the student’s browser (if you have closed it, open the page using different browser and login using student’s access) and go the forum page (‘A testing forum’)
You should be able to see both postings that you have just made using admin privilege. Click Reply in the second admin’s post, type any text in the text-box and click Post to forum.
You should get a page looks like the following:

Go to the admin’s browser, now update the forum setting, either by going back to the Course Main page and clicking the (edit) button next to the forum’s title or by clicking the Update this Forum button on the corner of forum page.
Change the Forum Type to Each person posts one discussion and click Save Changes. This option allows each person to post one discussion ONLY in the forum.
You should get a new page where you can see a table listing the discussion. There should be one discussion in this forum, titled ‘A testing forum’.
As an admin you will not be able to post a new discussion since you have already started one (‘A testing forum’).
However, if you look at the same page using the student’s browser, you should be able to see the ‘Add a new discussion topic’ button that allows the student to post a new discussion.
Now, click the button, and you should see the text-box form to post a new discussion.
1. Type ‘Student’s Discussion’ as the Subject.
2. Type any text in the Message text-box.
3. Click ‘Post to forum’
You should have two discussion topics now. The ‘Add a new discussion topic’ button should have gone, just like the screenshot below. A user is only allowed to start one discussion.

Go back to the admin’s browser again, now update the forum setting, either by going back to the Course Main page and clicking the (edit) button next to the forum’s title or by clicking the Update this Forum button on the corner of forum page.
Change the Forum Type to Standard forum for general use and click Save Changes. This option allows each person to post more than one discussion in the forum.
You should get a new page where you can see a table listing the discussion. There should be one discussion in this forum, titled ‘A testing forum’. Just like what we have before.
However, you should see the ‘Add a new discussion topic’ button, both from the admin and student view.
Try adding new discussions both from admin and student’s access. Student and Admin should be able to add new discussions.

Now we are going to test different forum’s options. Go back to the admin’s browser again, now update the forum setting, either by going back to the Course Main page and clicking the (edit) button next to the forum’s title or by clicking the Update this Forum button on the corner of forum page.
The option we are focusing now is the question of Can a student post to this forum? The default should be Discussions and Replies are allowed, change it to No discussions, but replies are allowed.
Click Save Changes
Admin page should see the same page as before where admin can see the Add a new discussion topic button, however student should not be able to see that. Below is the forum page from student’s view.
From the student access, click any discussion and try posting a reply. Student should be able to post replies but not starting discussion.

Slightly different with the previous test, now go back again to admin’s browser and update the forum’s setting.
Change the option Can a student post to this forum? To No discussions, No replies.
Now if you go to one of the discussion using the student’s access, you should not be able to see any Reply link, which means students are not allowed to post any reply. Below is the screenshot, where student can not see the Reply link.

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