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Forums

The Forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a "thread." Files such as images and media may be included in forum posts. A video tutorial can be found here: Creating a New Forum

Step 1   Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.   
Step 2

Click Add Activity or Resource and choose Forum from the Activities tab.

  
Step 3  On the next page, type a name for the forum. Optionally, type a description.  
Step 4  

In Forum type, you may choose the type of forum. For our example, we will use the Standard forum for general use (which is the default).

For more information on the forum types, click here.

  
Step 5

You may set forum settings using the areas on the bottom of the page.

For more information on forum settings, click here.

  
Step 6 If you wish the forum to be graded, click on Whole forum grading and use the drop-down menu to choose the grade type. In most cases, you will want to choose Point for the grade type.  
Step 7  

If you use an advanced grading tool (rubric or marking guide), choose the desired option from the Grading method drop-down menu. Also, if you use grade categories, be sure to select it in the Grade category drop-down menu.

NOTE - Simple direct grading does not provide a place for the instructor to leave comments or feedback for students. If you would like to be able to leave feedback, there is a marking guide template that you can use that will allow for this. Instructions for adding that are in this tutorial.

  
Step 8  Choose Save and Return to course or Save and Display.  


Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under "Select Type of Help," choose "Moodle Assistance")

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