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Latest revision as of 18:43, 22 September 2021

What is the Forum activity?

The Forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a 'thread'. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts. The teacher can choose to grade and/or rate forum posts and it is also possible to give students permission to rate each other's posts.

Overview of the Forum activity

How is it set up?

In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'Forum' from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if needed, a description.
Choose your Forum type, clicking the question mark (?) icon for descriptions of each type. If you're unsure, use the default Standard forum for general use.
Expand the other sections to define the settings you want. For more help, see Forum settings
Click Save and display and, optionally, add a post to get started.

How does it work?

Student view

Students access the forum by clicking the icon on the course page and depending on the forum type selecting, will typically be see a button to start a new discussion topic. They can sort discussions, subscribe to discussions from the toggle button, and favourite/bookmark discussions from the star icon on the left. This moves the discussion to the top of the list, under any discussions pinned by the teacher.

When starting a new discussion or replying If they click into a discussion, they have a link to reply and a 'Permalink'.

When replying, a basic text editor is available. Clicking the link Advanced displays the full editor and options such as uploading attachments.

Posts can be edited for a limited time,usually 30 minutes, dependent on the administrator's settings.

Teacher view

Teachers additionally have three dots to the right of the Subscribe option, allowing them to pin, star or lock discussions.

When replying to a forum post, teachers also optionally can send a Private reply which is only seen by that particular student. Students cannot reply to this private reply.

More help

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+==What is the Forum activity?==
+The Forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a 'thread'. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts. The teacher can choose to grade and/or rate forum posts and it is also possible to give students permission to rate each other's posts.
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/mKLht1XCSnk | desc = Overview of the Forum activity}}
-This activity can be the most important – it is here that most discussion takes place. Forums may be structured in different ways, and can include peer rating of each posting. Generally, forum postings may be edited up to 30 minutes after posting. The postings can be viewed in a variety for formats, and can include attachments. By subscribing to a forum, participants will receive copies of each new posting in their email. A teacher can impose subscription on everyone if they want to.
+==How is it set up?==
+#In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'Forum' from the activity chooser.
+#Give it a name and, if needed, a description.
+#Choose your Forum type, clicking the question mark (?) icon for descriptions of each type. If you're unsure, use the default Standard forum for general use.
+#Expand the other sections to define the settings you want. For more help, see [[Forum settings]]
+#Click Save and display and, optionally, add a post to get started.
+==How does it work?==
+===Student view===
+Students access the forum by clicking the icon on the course page and depending on the forum type selecting, will typically be see a button to start a new discussion topic. They can sort discussions,  subscribe to discussions from the toggle button, and favourite/bookmark discussions from the star icon on the left. This moves the discussion to the top of the list, under any discussions pinned by the teacher.
-Forums are divided into two main categories:
+[[File:StudentForumOverview.png]]
-# '''General forums''' (found in section 0 of the course)
+When starting a new discussion or replying
-# '''Learning forums''' (the forums of the specific parts of the course: they are organized and numbered according to the course sections they appear in).
+If they click into a discussion, they have a link to reply and a 'Permalink'.
-Forums are organised under following headings:
+When replying, a basic text editor is available. Clicking the link Advanced displays the full editor and options such as uploading attachments.
-# '''Forum''' (the name of the forum)
+[[File:replytoforum.png]]
-# '''Description'''
-# '''Discussions''' (the number of discussions started)
-# '''Unread posts''' (the number of posts you have not read yet)
-# '''Track''' (the 'yes/no' information about your choice whether or not track the unread posts - if your choice is negative, you will find an '-' sign instead of the number of the posts unread)
-# '''Subscribed''' (the 'yes/no' information about your choice whether or not get the posts transferred to your mail box)
-# '''RSS''' (the 'RSS' (Really Simple Syndication) button - please refer to [[RSS in Forums|RSS in forums]] for additional information
-== General Forum Usage ==
+Posts can be edited for a limited time,usually 30 minutes, dependent on the administrator's settings.
+===Teacher view===
+Teachers additionally have three dots to the right of the Subscribe option, allowing them to pin, star or lock discussions.
+[[File:teacherthreedots.png]]
-==Learning Forum usage==
+When replying to a forum post, teachers also optionally can send a Private reply which is only seen by that particular student. Students cannot reply to this private reply.
-Forums can be used in a number of ways. What you do depends on what type of teaching you are involved in and what you want to achieve.
-===Essay plans===
+[[File:teacherprivatereply.png]]
-Create a forum where only the teacher can start discussions, but the students can only reply. Each thread you start contains an essay question (or several similar ones). The students make a bullet point plan for the essay and post it as a reply.
+==More help==
-This works well as a revision strategy as the students can see how others have approached the same task. Once everyone has posted their plan, you can start a discussion as to which plans seem better and why. Creating a scale to use for rating the posts can be useful so that the students can see how helpful other people think their effort were.
+* [[Forum settings]]
+* [[Using Forum]]
+* [[Forum FAQ]]
-== See also ==
-* [http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch4_forums.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 4: Using Forums, Chats and Dialogues]
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=5367 The philosophy underlying "no editing after 30 minutes"] forum discussion
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=116 Forum module] forum
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=66008 Best Practices for grading discussions] forum discussion
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+[[ja:フォーラムモジュール]]

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