The Forum activity provides opportunities for asynchronous communication in a course. Forums can be useful for organizing online discussions and providing a collaborative space for students. On this page, you'll find the steps to create a forum in AsULearn.
Step-by-step guide
- From your course page click the gear icon (top right) menu and select Turn editing on.
- In a topic section click the +Add an activity or resource link.
- Click on the Forum activity in the list, then click Add at the bottom of the popup.
- Enter the (required) Forum name and (optional) Description.
- Modify settings in the sections that follow (see below), then click one of the Save buttons at the bottom.
- From your course page click the gear icon (top right) menu and select Turn editing off.
The Forum settings screen can be opened from the Edit menu for the Forum when editing is turned on for the course (step 1 above).
Forum activity settings
Enter a Forum name. This is the title of the link that will appear on the course main page.
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Click the arrow to the left of the title for the settings section to toggle expanding the display; or click Expand all in the top right to open all sections. See the blue question marks on the settings screen for explanations of settings not covered here. |
Attachments and word count
Teachers can determine specify the maximum file size for attachments, the number of attachments possible with a single post, and if a word count will display.
Subscription and tracking
Subscribing to a Forum sends an email to the user whenever there is a post. Click the Subscription mode dropdown to select:
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When Read tracking is enabled, participants can track messages that are read and unread in the forum and in discussions, as unread posts remain highlighted.
Discussion locking
This setting enables the discussions to become locked after a period of inactivity.
Post threshold for blocking
Students can be blocked from posting more than a given number of posts in a given time period.
Turnitin plagiarism plugin settings
Enable Turnitin (select Yes) for the plugin to evaluate students' posts.
Grade
This setting allows teachers to score forum participation in the gradebook through ratingsRatings.
Ratings
Select the Aggregate type - The aggregate type defines to define how ratings are combined to form the final grade in the gradebook.
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Common module settings
These settings allow teachers to use groups or groupings that have already been created in the course.
Restrict access
This setting allows teachers to restrict forum activity based on Date, Grade, User Profile, or a more complex Restriction set.
Activity completion
This setting allows teachers to include the forum in their list of activities in the course that can be checked off as complete either by the student manually or by meeting one of the suggested automated requirements.
Tags
This setting allows teachers to create a list of searchable interests associated with the forumSpecify Availability (Show or Hide from students) and Group settings.
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