Forum activity: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:54, 20 November 2023

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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- '''Note for Contributors'''
+{{Activities}}
- This page should explain what can be seen on the <u>moodlesite.com/mod/forum/index.php</u> page
+__NOTOC__
- (the page which aggregates all forums in a course)
+==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/ztjPPYjdxtI | desc = Overview of the Forum activity}}
-This is the page where you can see all the forum activities in the course. They are divided into two main categories: 'General forums' (under which you will find the forums concerning the whole course) and 'Learning forums' (the forums of the specific parts of the course: they are organized and numbered according to the course blocks they appear in).
+==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.
-On this page, you will find the name of the forum (under the heading '''Forum'''), its short description ('''Description'''), the number of discussions started in the forum ('''Discussions'''), the number of posts you have not read yet ('''Unread posts'''), 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 (heading: '''Track'''), the 'yes/no' information about your choice whether or not get the posts transferred to your mail box ('''Subscribed''') and the 'RSS' (Really Simple Syndication) button ('''RSS'''): more information about RSS are to be found [[RSS in Forums|here]].
+[[File:StudentForumOverview.png]]
+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.
+[[File:replytoforum.png]]
+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]]
+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.
+[[File:teacherprivatereply.png]]
+==More help==
+* [[Forum settings]]
+* [[Using Forum]]
+* [[Forum FAQ]]
+[[Category:Forum]]
+[[de:Forum]]
+[[es:Actividad de foro]]
+[[eu:Foroak]]
+[[fr:Forum]]
+[[it:Attività Forum]]
+[[ja:フォーラムモジュール]]

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