Learning Online @ NWICHelp for using Moodle in your class

What is a Discussion Forum?

Discussion Forums are used to hold online discussions about course materials.  Forums allow you to post a comment or thought about a particular subject and then allows for people to respond to you.  Some forums can be graded activities, while others are just for general discussion.

Finding Discussion Forums

You can locate Discussion Forums by looking in the course lesson you are currently on, or by clicking on Forums in the Activities menu.

Creating a new Discussion Topic

Click ‘Add a new discussion topic…‘ to begin a new discussion thread. (Note- you may not be able to do this depending on how the instructor has set up the forum).

You may attach a document if you wish by clicking ‘Browse‘ to upload a file before posting your message to the forum.

Note: Remember, only post information on what the forum is about. You will have 30 minutes to edit your entry.

Responding to an existing post

1. Click on the forum’s name to view a description of the forum and a list of the Discussion topics.
2. The topics are listed from latest to oldest. Click the discussion topic’s title to view and participate in the discussion.
3. The discussion and all replies are listed from oldest to newest. Click Reply on the appropriate discussion to post your ideas or comments.
4. Type your message in the text entry box. Click ‘Post to forum ‘ to finish.

Subscribing to Forums

You can subscribe to a forum with the following choices; send all replies to your post to you, or send none of the replies from your post to you. This automatically e-mails you when someone posts a message.