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Creating a Forum

1. Turn editing on.
2. From the 'Add an activity or resource'.
   1. Select Forum.
   2. Add.
3. Click on 'Expand all' (top right of General section) to see all the settings.

General:

1. Forum name: 

1. A required field

1. . Appears on the main content page.
   
   
2. Description:

1.   A required field.

1. Enter a short summary of the intent of the forum.
   
   
2. Forum type - 5 options:
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   1. Standard forum for general use - Default. 
      Anyone may add a new topic at any time. This is the best general-purpose forum. Example: FAQ Forum - students post their question, other students and/or the instructor may respond.

1. 1. A single simple discussion - Only one topic per discussion. Example: instructor initiates the discussion topic and students reply.

1. 1. Each person posts one discussion - Restricted to allowing one new discussion topic posting per person. Other students reply. Example: a group assignment could be posted and other students could reply to the group presentation.

1. 1. Q and A Forum (Question & Answer) – students must first post their response/answer before they can see other students' submissions.  This can encourage independent thinking. Instructors must enter the first post and this will be the question that students reply to.

1. 1. Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format. An open forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time, and in which discussion topics are displayed on one page with "Discuss this topic" links.

Attachments and word count:

1. Set the maximum attachment size, if any

1. (default setting of 500 KB is reasonable unless you are expecting graphics).
   
   
2. Set the maximum number of attachments, if any permitted

1. (default setting is 3).
   

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2. Moodle can display the number of words in a post.
   • Choose yes or no.

Subscription and tracking:

1. A Moodle subscription is similar to a newspaper or magazine subscription.  When you subscribe, it is delivered to you.  In this case the forum postings will be delivered to your Selkirk College email.
   
   
2. Subscription mode:
   1. Optional:  Every can choose to be subscribed or not.
   2. Forced subscription:  Participants will received copies of the forum posts in their email and cannot unsubscribe.
   3. Auto subscription:  Initially everyone will be sent the forum posts, however they can choose to unsubscribe at any time.
   4. Subscription disabled - Subscriptions are not allowed

1. 1. for several reasons

1. 1. :
      • Frequently ISP's (Hotmail for eg.) view the forum postings as spam and will block them or put them into a 'junk' folder
      • Students receiving the postings via email will reply to the email (not in the forum).  This response only goes to the person that 'replied' restricting their thoughts/conclusions/questions from the rest of the class.
      • Subscription emails do not include the context in which the posting and all other contributions are situated, thereby creating gaps of information and sometimes confusion.
      • It requires the student to check into their course regularly to not only be part of the learning discussion forums but also to stay current with the day to day changes and flow of the class.
   2. Read tracking:  Suggested setting

1. 1. = "On".
      
      
2. Post threshold for blocking: This feature permits managing the number of posts per student in a specified time period.
   1. Time period for blocking:  Options:   Don't Block, or select from the number of days to block from drop-down menu.
   2. Post threshold for blocking:  If set, as student approaches the time for blocking a notification is sent by email; or, if set a '0' is disabled
   3. Post threshold for warning:  This field sets the threshold for warning a student that they are approaching the set 'block'.  If set at '0' it is disabled.
      • Eg.  If the time period was set for 1 week, and the threshold for blocking was set at 4 posts and the warning set for 3, then.....over a one week period, student X could post a total of 4 times and would receive notification after the third post that he/she have one more opportunity to post.
3. Grade
   • Grade Category - Enter the gradebook category that it should be placed under.
     
     
4. Ratings:
   • Assigning a grade or rating?