Forum activities are generally used to create an online discussion place.
Forum activities are generally used to create an online discussion place.
Scroll to the section you want to add a forum to.
Click the corresponding Add an activity or resource link.
Set up the basics for your forum under the General section:
Under the General section we’ll need to choose a Forum type from one of five options:
By default, forums will be set for Optional Subscription which means students must opt in to get emails about new posts to a forum.
If you want to change this you can expand the Subscription section and change the Subscription mode to your desired setting.
NOTE: To find out more about Subscriptions in Moodle for students and staff see our Managing Forum Subscriptions article.
Grade Forum posts directly in the gradebook via the Single View.
No grading is required.
OPTIONAL: if you want to disallow late work you can set the Restrict ratings to items with dates in this range setting.