News Forum

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

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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.

Create Each person posts one discussion Forum

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How do I create a forum where each person can post one discussion? I want students to start a discussion which forum should I use?

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Each person can post exactly one new discussion topic (everyone can reply to them though). This is useful when you want each student to start a discussion about, say, their reflections on the week's topci, and everyone responds to these. Follow the steps below to create an Each person posts one discussion forum.

Add discussion topic to forum

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How do I add a new discussion topic to a Forum?

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The forum is an asynchronous activity that allows for discussion between users. To add to a discussion by adding a topic follow the steps below. 

Reply to a forum

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How do I reply to a Forum? 

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The Forum is an asynchronous Activity allowing discussion to happen between users. Reply to a Forum post by following the steps below.