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Displaying Word Counts in Forum Posts

You may wish to easily see the number of words students use in their discussion forum posts. This tutorial shows you how.

Step 1 Edit the forum where you would like to display the word count for students' posts.

Expand the Attachments and word count menu and check the box next to Display word count.
Step 2 Click Save and return to course.  
Step 3 To view students' posts and the word counts, click on the forum name.  
Step 4 On the students' posts in forum, you will see the word count on the right of the post.  


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