Forum moderator role

A forum moderator for a particular forum is able to edit or delete forum posts, split discussions and move discussions to other forums.

Role assignment

Click the "Update this forum" button at the top-right of the page

A user can be made a forum moderator for a particular forum by assigning them the role of non-editing teacher (or teacher) in the module context, as follows:

Assign roles page via the Locally assigned role (Moodle 1.9)

1. Access the forum.
2. Click the "Update this forum" button at the top-right of the page.
3. Access the assign roles page via the Roles tab (or the "Locally assigned roles" tab in Moodle 1.9 onwards) in the top-middle of the page.
4. Choose the non-editing teacher (or teacher) role to assign.
5. Select the user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add them to the existing users list.

Choose the teacher role

Select user and move to other list

Alternative method of creating a forum moderator

1. Create a new role, with some (or all) of the forum capabilities enabled. This technique allows a more flexible approach. For example, you can create an account with delete but not editing.
2. Assign the role to the users, for a course, a course category, or even at site or system context, without giving all teacher capabilities.

See also

• Video showing how to give a user the rights to moderate a forum