The forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a ‘thread’. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts.

Add a New Forum Post

• Open the Forum
• Select “Add New Topic” to begin a new discussion.
• On the following page, fill in the topic subject, message, and anything else
• Select “Advanced” beneath your message to display the following fields and enable these features
  • Discussion subscription: If enabled, you will receive notifications of new posts to that discussion.
  • Attachments: You can optionally attach one or more files to a forum post
  • Pinned: Pinned discussions will appear at the top of a forum
  • Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay: If you want the students to receive the announcement immediately, check this box. Otherwise, the students will receive the content 15 minutes later.
• If you would like your Forum to only be displayed for a certain amount of time, you can open the Display Period settings and enter the dates and times to start and end the post’s availability. Otherwise, you can leave this blank.
• Select “Post to Forum” to save your post

Reply to an existing Forum Post

• Open the Forum
• Select the Discussion Topic where you will post your reply
  • Tip: When viewing an individual Discussion, select “Display replies in nested form” in the top left to organize posts by conversation
• Click the “Reply” button beneath the post you will be replying to
• Other options beneath each forum post include
  • Permalink: Generates a link directly to that forum post
  • Show parent: Highlights post that the selected post was in response to
  • Edit [available to faculty only]: Allows you to edit your forum post