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

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

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 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.

See also

• Talk:Forum moderator role for alternative solutions