Forum
The forum activity in Course Site allows participants in a course site to exchange ideas and have discussions.
To create a forum, follow the same steps you would to add an activity.
There are 5 types of forums, each designed with a very specific educational purpose.
Here is an excerpt from the Moodle documentation for Forum Settings:
Standard Forum | |
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Q&A Forum | |
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Other Special Purpose Forums | |
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Single Simple Discussion | Each person posts one discussion |
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Here is a link to help determine the correct forum type to use in your course: https://docs.moodle.org/501/en/Forum_activity
You may also choose to use an OUBlog as it has some additional functionality not offered in the course site forums.
Note: Announcement Forum is a special type of forum that is automatically created with a new course.
If you would like to discuss the use of Forums in your course site, please contact an Instructional Technologist.