Viewing a discussion

A discussion thread may be displayed in four ways. Use the pull down menu at the top of each forum topic to select a display type.

Reply display pull down menu in a forum

Displays replies in a topic

The types of be selected by the forum member when they click on a specific topic.

Display replies flat, with oldest first

Some Moodle site formats display the pull down menu in a slightly different position.

Flat Forum discussion, example from middle

Display replies flat, with newest first

The discussion will be displayed in one line and the chronological order from the newest to the oldest. This is the same as the above, just a different sort order.

Display replies in threaded form

Only the post starting the discussion will be displayed in its full form; replies will be reduced to the headlines (including information about its author and date of release) and organized chronologically; moreover, replies will be shifted towards the right so that only replies to the same post were in the same line.

Posts in threaded form

Display replies in nested form

All posts are displayed in their full forms; replies will be reduced to the headlines (including information about its author and date of release) and organized chronologically; moreover, replies will be shifted towards the right so that only replies to the same post were in the same line.

"Nested reply example"

Tips

• You may also move the whole discussion to any other forum in the course. To do that, use the 'Move this discussion to...' field positioned in the right-side corner above the discussion thread.

See also

• The display of the overall forum will depend upon the type of forum the teacher sets up in the Forum settings.

Typical flat forum, last reply first
(More examples here)