Part : Forum

BENGKEL MASTER TRAINER LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

(LMS 2.5) POLITEKNIK MALAYSIA
Malaysia Research and Education Network (MYREN), Cyberjaya
24 25 Mac 2015
By Dr Norazlina Binti Ahmad

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Forum_Introduction

The forum module is an activity where

students and teachers can exchange ideas
by posting comments.
In this part, it will show you how to set up a
regular discussion forum in Moodle.

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Forum_Editing Mode

Adding and editing a forum

With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add
your forum, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or,
if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )
and choose Forum.

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Forum_Add Activity

Adding and editing a forum

With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add
your forum, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or,
if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu )
and choose Forum.

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Forum_Add Activity

Adding and editing a forum

With the editing
turned on, in the
section you wish
to add your
forum, click the
"Add an activity
or resource" link
(or, if not present,
the "Add an
activity" drop
down menu )and
choose Forum.

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Forum_Forum Name

Adding and editing a forum

Forum name
A short name of the
forum (e.g. "Favourite
colour"), which will
be displayed on the
course homepage.

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Forum_Description

Adding and editing a forum

Description
Provide instructions for
your students here so
they are clear what
they have to do. Click
"Show editing tools" to
display the rich text
editor and drag the
bottom right of the
text box out to
expand it

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Forum_Description

Adding and editing a forum

Description
Provide instructions for
your students here so
they are clear what
they have to do. Click
"Show editing tools" to
display the rich text
editor and drag the
bottom right of the text
box out to expand it

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Forum_Description

Forum type

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Forum_Type

A single simple discussion - A single topic discussion developed on one

page, which is useful for short focused discussions (cannot be used with
separate groups)
Standard forum for general use - An open forum where anyone can start a
new topic at any time; this is the best general-purpose forum
Each person posts one discussion - Each person can post exactly one new
discussion topic (everyone can reply to them though); this is useful when you
want each student to start a discussion about, say, their reflections on the
week's topic, and everyone else responds to these
Q and A Forum - Instead of initiating discussions participants pose a question
in the initial post of a discussion. Students may reply with an answer, but they
will not see the replies of other Students to the question in that discussion until
they have themselves replied to the same discussion.
Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format

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Forum_Type

Forum type
A single simple
discussion - A single
topic discussion
developed on one
page, which is useful
for short focused
discussions (cannot
be used with
separate groups)

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Forum_Type

single simple discussion

nobody can
start a new
topic at any
time; only can
reply

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Forum_Type

single simple discussion

nobody can
start a new
topic; only can
reply

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Forum_Type

Forum type
Standard forum for
general use - An open
forum where anyone
can start a new topic
at any time; this is the
best general-purpose
forum

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Forum_Type

Standard forum for general use

anyone can
start a new
topic at any
time;

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Forum_Type

Standard forum for general use

anyone can
start a new
topic at any
time;

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Forum_Type

Forum type
Q and A Forum Instead of initiating
discussions
participants pose a
question in the initial
post of a discussion.

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Forum_Type

Q and A Forum
Students may reply with an answer, but they will not see the replies
of other Students to the question in that discussion until they have
themselves replied to the same discussion

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Forum_Type

Q and A Forum
Students may reply with an answer, but they will not see the replies
of other Students to the question in that discussion until they have
themselves replied to the same discussion

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Forum_Type

Forum type
Each person posts
one discussion; this is
useful when you want
each student to start
a discussion about,
say, their reflections
on the week's topic,
and everyone else
responds to these

-Each person can post exactly one new discussion topic

(everyone can reply to them though);

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Forum_Type

Each person posts one discussion

Student A

Student B

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Forum_Type

Forum type
Standard forum
displayed in a bloglike format

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Forum_Type

Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format

Standard forum

blog-like format

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Forum_Attachment&Word

Attachments and word count

The maximum file size
that may be
attached to a forum
post will first be
determined by the
Moodle site settings.

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Forum_Attachment&Word

Attachments and word count

The maximum number
of attachments a user
can add to their
forum post (from 0 to
100) can be specified

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Forum_Attachment&Word

Attachments and word count

If "Display word count"
is enabled, then the
number of words in
forum posts will be
shown at the bottom
of each post

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Forum_Attachment&Word

Attachments and word count

Word count

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Forum_Subscribe&Tracking

Subscription and tracking

When a user is subscribed to a forum it means that they will
receive notification (via popup and/or email, depending on
the users messaging settings preferences) of each new
posting
People can usually choose whether or not they want to be
subscribed to each forum. However, the teacher can
choose to force subscription on a particular forum

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Forum_Subscribe&Tracking

Subscription and tracking

There are 4 subscription mode
options:
Optional subscription Participants can choose whether
to be subscribed
Forced subscription - Everyone is
subscribed and cannot
unsubscribe
Auto subscription - Everyone is
subscribed initially but can choose
to unsubscribe at any time
Subscription disabled Subscriptions are not allowed.

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Forum_Subscribe&Tracking

Subscription and tracking

"Read tracking" for a forum allows users to track read and
unread forum posts.
There are three options for this setting:
Optional (default) - Students can turn tracking on or off
for the forum via a link 'Track / Don't track unread posts'
in Administration > Forum administration
On - Tracking is always on in this forum (so no link in
Administration > Forum administration)
Off - It is not possible to track unread forum posts

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Forum_Subscribe&Tracking

Subscription and tracking

"Read tracking" for a forum allows
users to track read and unread forum
posts.
Optional (default) - Students can
turn tracking on or off for the
forum via a link 'Track / Don't track
unread posts' in Administration >
Forum administration
On - Tracking is always on in this
forum (so no link in Administration
> Forum administration)
Off - It is not possible to track
unread forum posts

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Forum_Subscribe&Tracking

Tracking between Read and Unread Forum

Posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRYsnLW5A8I
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=144544

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Forum_Blocking Post

Post threshold for blocking

Time period for blocking- Choose
here the time period in which can
be blocked from posting more
than a given number of posts.
Post threshold for blocking- Set
the number of posts here that
users may add before they are
blocked.
Post threshold for warning- Set the
number of posts here after which
users will be warned they are
about to be blocked
Subscription disabled Subscriptions are not allowed.

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Forum_Grade

Grade
(This setting is collapsed by
default) Choose the category
in which this forum will appear if
ratings are enabled.

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Forum_Ratings

Ratings
Roles with permissions to rate- Forum posts can be
rated using a scale. By default, only teachers can rate
forum posts, though students can be given permission

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Forum_Ratings

Ratings
Aggregate type- You can set an aggregate type, in
other words, decide how all the ratings given to posts in
a forum are combined to form the final grade

Ratings

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Forum_Ratings

Aggregate type Average of ratings (default) - This is the mean of all the ratings
given
Count of ratings - The counts the number of rated entries which
becomes the final grade.
Maximum rating - The highest rating is returned as the final
grade. Minimum rating - The smallest rating is returned as the
final grade. This method promotes a culture of high quality for
all entries.
Sum of ratings - All the ratings for a particular user are added
together. Note that the total is not allowed to exceed the
maximum grade for the forum.

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Forum_Ratings

Ratings
Restrict ratings to items with dates in this range- The teacher can allow
only posts within a certain date range to be rated. This is useful if the
teacher wants to keep students focused on the most recent content
and maintain a specific pace within the forum or course

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Forum_Reply Display

Display Replies in Nested

Form

Insert Recent
Activities

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Forum_Reply Display

Display Replies in Threaded Form

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Forum_Reply Display

Display Replies Flat, with

oldest first

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Forum_Activity Completion

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Forum_Grade Report