The Ask & Share forum is a special forum for class announcements. This forum appears in the Course Essentials section of each course. Additionally, the Latest Announcements block can work in tandem with the Ask & Share forum to display recent posts. You and your students may post or reply to the Ask & Share [...]
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Instructors can privately reply to a post within a Forum. This feedback method pairs well with Grading via Forum Ratings but can be used to provide more pointed feedback or direction in any forum setup. Private reply visibility and functionality: Other students CANNOT able to see these responses. Others with Teacher permissions (or higher) in [...]
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Whole forum grading is an alternative to grading Forums using ratings. This allows you to view and grade all forum posts made by a specific student in single location. You can grade by hand-entering a score, or by using a Moodle rubric. NOTE: If you want to provide feedback, you will need to add it [...]
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If you set Force group mode to No on the Course settings page, you will be able to set the Group submission settings for individual activities or resources separately. If you set Force group mode to Yes you will not be able to edit the Group submission settings for individual activities or resources. NOTE: To complete [...]
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Groupings are mostly used in Forums setup for multiple groups working on separate tasks within a single Forum or Assignment activity. From the Groups screen we left off on (in the previous step), click on the Groupings tab. Notice that the Groupings section is empty. You will need to put the Groups you created into [...]
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This applies to Forums set up to use Ratings. Enter the (Open) Forum you wish you enter grades for. Enter the Discussion you wish to enter grades for. (Does not apply for Single Simple Discussion or Blog style forums) Read over a student's post. Locate the Rating... drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner. You can tell [...]
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Forum activities are generally used to stimulate online discussions. NOTE: All courses come with an Ask & Share Forum to use for class-wide announcements. This forum is part of the Course Structure Template and does not adhere to the following instructions. Please contact online@clackamas.edu for assistance if you need to create an Ask & Share [...]
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A Discussion within a forum is the start of a new Topic or the posing of a question that solicits replies from other students and/or your instructor. You can experiment with forums hands-on in our Moodle 101 Self-Guided Student Orientation. You may use Discussions in a forum to: Start a new conversation by posting your [...]
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Setup a Q&A Forum A Q&A Forum ensures that students must make a post before they can see the responses of their peers. However, some setup is required for this forum each term. Create a Q&A Forum: Add a new Forum activity - OR - Edit the settings of an existing Forum or Open Forum [...]
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Rubrics in Moodle allow instructors to use criteria-based assessment forms to grade student work consistently, quickly, and transparently. The tool allows instructors to create their own rubrics from scratch or use an existing rubric that can be modified and filled out online. The rubric is available to students reviewing their grades, and can also be [...]
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Forum subscriptions allow you to, via email, stay up to date with the goings-on in a given forum. When you are subscribed to a forum you will be sent an email for each post made to the forum you are subscribed to. This can be desirable for keeping tabs on a conversation or annoying in [...]
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Working with Groups in Moodle This is an advanced topic. You should be somewhat familiar with the Moodle interface and setting up courses before you try the following. An instructor can organize users into Groups across an entire course and within particular activities of a course. At its simplest, creating groups allows you to organize [...]
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