Adding a Forum
How to Add a Forum
The Forum provides a space where students and instructors can discuss topics over an extended period using text or media. This is also a space where students can share resources with peers (e.g., PowerPoints used in presentations, research papers).
- In your course site Turn editing on.
- Click on Add an activity or resource.
- Select Forum, and then Add.
- Give the forum a name.
- Options:
- In the section, Attachments and Word Count, select Yes to Display word count for every posting.
- In the section, Ratings, select an Aggregation type to add the forum grade into the gradebook.
- In the section, Common Module Settings, select a Group mode to use small groups you have created. See the guide, Managing Groups, for details on how to create groups.
- Save and Return to Course
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