Audience: Faculty

Summary: An overview of Moodle Discussion Forums: Add an activity or resource: Forum

Version: Moodle 3.6

Moodle Documentation

Basic Instructions

To setup a discussion forum in Moodle click the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner, select Turn editing on, click Add an activity or resource in the appropriate week, select Forum and click Add. then complete the forum settings

Types of Moodle Forums

There are 5 Moodle forum types to choose from when setting up a forum:

- A single simple discussion - A single discussion topic which everyone can reply to (cannot be used with separate groups)
- Each person posts one discussion - Each student can post exactly one new discussion topic, which everyone can then reply to
- Q and A forum - Students must first post their perspectives before viewing other students' posts
- Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format - An open forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time, and in which discussion topics are displayed on one page with "Discuss this topic" links
- Standard forum for general use (default) - An open forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time

Functional Types of Forums

Open Class Discussion
Guided Discussion
Post and Reply to Two
Assignment Post
Reply to an instructor designed question
Blog Like Discussion
Other

Additional Resources:

An introduction to Online Discussions, MacQuarie University

Akin, L. and D. Neal 2007. CREST+ Model: Writing Effective Online Discussion Questions, Journal of Online Teaching and Learning. 3(2):

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