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.

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.

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

4.Choose the teacher role to assign.

Choose the teacher role

5.Select the user in the potential users list, and use the left-facing arrow button to add them to the existing users list.

Select user and move to other list!

See also

• Talk:Forum moderator role for alternative solutions