Creating a New Discussion Forum
To Create a New Discussion Forum:
- From your course home page, enable editing by clicking the green gear menu icon (top right of the screen), and selecting 'Turn editing on.'
- In the desired module, click '+ Add an activity or resource.'
- Select 'Forum' and click 'Add.'
- Enter a title for your forum in the 'Forum name' field.
- Enter your discussion text in the 'Description' field.
- Select your forum type.
- In the 'Subscription and tracking' panel, select your subscription mode. To ensure you receive forum-related notifications, please ensure that you are setting your forum preferences accordingly.
- To lock your forums after a specific period, set a time frame in the 'Discussion locking' pane.
- If this is a graded item:
- In the 'Grade' panel, select a grade category for this forum. (To create a new grade category, see here.)
- In the 'Ratings' panel, select an aggregate type.
- In the 'Ratings' panel, set the Scale type to point, and enter the maximum amount of points for this forum.
- To set a deadline:
- Click to expand the 'Restrict access' panel.
- Select 'Add restriction.'
- Click 'Date.'
- Adjust the 'From' date to set when this forum will become available to students.
- To add an end date, select 'Add restriction' again.
- Click 'Date.'
- From the date dropdown menu, select 'until' and adjust the date as desired.
- Adjust any necessary settings in the 'Activity completion' panel (see: Activity Completion Tracking).
- Once your changes are complete, click 'Save and return to course.'
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