News Forum

Q.

What does the News Forum do? How can I send a message to my students?

A.

The News forum is a special forum for general announcements. This forum is automatically created for each course and for the front page of the Moodle site. By default, it is placed in the top of the center section and only teachers and administrators may add posts or reply to posts. The default settings force every enrolled person to be subscribed to the News forum. As with any forum, emails can be sent to subscribed members of a News forum. Continue reading to learn how to send a message with the News Forum.

1. Turn Edit mode On.

2.  Click the News Forum link.

3. Click Add a new topic button.

4. Enter a Subject and Message. You can also add an attachment with a maximum size of 500MB. Click the Mail now box to send the message instantly (Optional).

5. Click the Discussion link to review your message. Only teachers will be able to reply.

6. A copy of the post will be sent to your Tmail account.

*In Tlearn you can configure the notification methods for incoming messages to not receive forum post in your Tmail.

** By default Subscription mode is set to Forced subscription. This will ensure subscribed participants (students) will receive email copies of your forum posts. You may change this setting by clicking the orange pencil next to the News Forum when edit mode is On.