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Discussion Board - Discussion Forum Setting Descriptions

Select the radio-button to make the forum available or unavailable to students.

• If you select Yes students will be able to access the Discussion forum

 

• If you select No, you as the instructor will be able to view the forum and review posts. In the student view this forum will not be visible.

Unavailable discussion forums now appear to the instructor with the following message: This forum is currently unavailable.

 

1. Allow author to remove own posts - if you do not enable this option, only the instructor or a TA can remove posts.
2. Allow author to modify own published posts - enables participants to change their postings after submission
3. Allow Post Tagging - Instructors can now "tag" messages or collections of messages with relevant search terms. Once the message or messages have been tagged, any discussion board participant working in List View can click on a tag to view the collected message(s.) Students cannot create these tags, but can use them to view collected messages.
4. Allow Users to Reply with Quote - discussion participants have the option of simply replying to a post or including the original message text in the reply. Participants must choose one of the two buttons:
5. Allow file attachments - allows participants to attach files
6. Allow members to create new threads - enables participants to begin a discussion thread of their own
7. Subscribe to Threads and Forums - participants may now subscribe to either message threads or discussion forums. Instructors can also choose whether subscribers to a discussion forum should see a notification email or a message with the discussion post text contained in the email. Participants must still opt in to receive the messages.
8. Allow Members to Rate Posts- allows participants to give a star rating to posts in the forum
9. Force Moderation of Posts - allows you or a designated moderator in the forum to review submitted posts and either allow the posts to be published or returned to their owers.
10. Grade - if you want to give students grades for their discussion forum participation. You can grade a whole forum or individual threads.
11. Anonymous - Students can post without their name.
     

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