Forum

Being able to share our learning with other helps us to progress. So, Moodle offers Forums as one of the activities where your class can hold online discussions. Comments can be posted as a part of thread and other file types such as images and media may also be included in Forum posts. Posts can be rated using "Grade" and/or "Rate" features which are available for teachers. Students can also use this feature if permissions are enabled.

Types of Forum

Forums can be set to work differently by the teacher or capable roles.

1. Standard forum for general use: It is a default type where students will see an introduction text in a separate space above the list of discussions. Students see a button to start a new discussion (thread).
2. Single, simple discussion where there is only one topic and the teacher posts a question and students post replies, but cannot start a new topic.
3. Question and Answer forum where teacher posts a question and students respond with possible answers. By default a Q and A forum requires students to post once before viewing other students' postings.
4. Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format where the first post of each discussion is displayed so that users can read it and may choose to respond by clicking the "Discuss this topic" button bottom right of the post.