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--- en:moodle:activities:forum:start [2022/06/16 13:57] – [Forum with rating of posts by students] hellwig
+++ en:moodle:activities:forum:start [2024/03/25 13:54] (current) – [Forum with feedback from students] maziyar
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 ===== Announcements =====
-In each course room there is a forum for "announcements". \\
+There is a forum for "Announcements" in every course room.
-Every participant of a course is obligatory registered in this forum. You can use this forum to send binding announcements about the course to all course participants (but it does not replace official notices). \\
+All course participants are obliged to register here and receive the posts to their e-mail address. Use this forum to send out binding announcements to all course participants (however, it does not replace official notices). \\
-Students will receive postings to their university email address. \\
+**Students cannot reply to posts in the announcement forum!**
-**Students cannot reply to postings.**
-You can set up general forums for mutual exchange, e.g. about technical topics or organizational matters. (If you do not need the forum "Announcements", you can hide it: Edit > Hide/eye icon).
+You can set up a standard forum for mutual exchange, e.g. on technical topics or organizational matters. If you do not need the "Announcements" forum, you can hide it:
-===== General Forum =====
+Activate edit mode > Three dots behind the activity > 👁 Hide.
+===== Standard Forum =====
-In the **general forum** topics can be discussed independent of location and time. \\
+In the standard forum, topics can be discussed visibly for everyone in the course. Discussions can be tracked chronologically. If groups are set up in the Moodle course room, discussions can be held in groups.
-The ability to read and reply to posts at your leisure is very convenient for some learning types. Forums can be subscribed to and posts can be received bundled as email, more about this in the settings below. \\
+Forums can be subscribed to in order to receive posts by email or in the app. \\
-In addition to forums, you can send messages directly to students. More on this in Sending messages.
+In addition to forums, you can send messages directly to students.
 ===== Set up a forum =====
-**Prerequisite:** You are in the Moodle course room and have write permissions (role "Teacher").
+The "**Teacher**" role can set up forums. \\
-. Switch on the **edit mode** in the upper right corner: Click on the cogwheel and "Turn on editing".
+. Switch on the "**Edit mode**" in the upper right corner.
-Go to "**Add material or activity**", a dialog box will open. \\
-. Select the **option "Forum "**, the forum form will open. \\
-. Fill in the fields, see also the following notes or accept the default values:
+{{en:moodle:activities:forum:edit.png?100}}
-==== General ====
+. Go to "**Add an activity or resource**", a dialog box will open. \\
-Forum name (mandatory field),
+. Select the "Forum" activity, the form will open. \\
-Attachments and word count
+. Fill in the fields, see also the following details or accept the default values:
-==== Maximum file size ====
-Set the maximum size for a single file to be attached.
+==== General ====
-Attachments (max): Set the maximum number of files that can be attached. If there are multiple files, a ZIP file may be useful.
+**Forum name** (mandatory field): The forum name appears as a link on the main course page. \\
+**Description**: What is this forum about? Who should ask which questions here? \\
+**Diplay description on course page**: The description will be displayed on the course main page. \\
+**Forum type**: Standard form (recommended, everyone can start or reply to posts).
+==== Attachments and word count ====
+**Maximum attachment size**: Set the maximum size for a single file to be attached (cannot be larger than the course setting "Maximum file size"). \\
+Maximum numer of attachments: Set the maximum number of files that can be attached. \\
 ==== Subscription and Tracking ====
-**Subscription** \\
+**Subscription mode** \\
-In the subscriber forum members get all contributions by email sent to the university address. Bundled if desired, see below, "Setting up forums (reception and display)". \\
+In "Subscribtion mode", forum participants receive posts sent to their university e-mail address. Bundled on request, see below, "Set up forums (receipt and display)".
-As a course owner, you can determine whether students receive posts "mandatorily" or can subscribe voluntarily. If voluntary, you determine whether students are already subscribed to the forum upon course entry ("Automatic") or subscribe themselves ("Optional").
-**Forum tracking** \\
+As the course owner, you can decide whether students are "obliged" to receive posts (e.g. in the "Announcements" forum) or can subscribe voluntarily. If the subscription is voluntary, you determine whether students are already registered in the forum when they join the course ("Auto subscribtion") or whether they subscribe themselves ("Optional subscribtion").
+<WRAP center round important 90%>Please note: Subsequent changes to the subscription only affect new students in the course. If necessary, please edit the list of subscribers.</WRAP>
+**Read tracking** \\
 New posts can be marked by the system. \\
-For all other entries the "Default values" can be used, if not desired otherwise.
+The default values can be used for all other entries, unless otherwise desired. \\
-A click on the question mark behind the respective options shows a description.
+<WRAP center round tip bloc astuce 90%>Click on the question mark (?) after the respective options to display a description.</WRAP>
-===== Set up forums (reception and display) =====
+===== Subscriber list =====
+The subscriber list shows all users who have subscribed to a forum. The subscriber list is called Forum. Open the forum and then click on the Subscriptions tab.
+Teachers can edit the subscriber list with "**Manage subscriptions**".
-Users can configure their own forum settings, e.g. the reception of posts (individually or summarized once a day) or the display of new messages (forum tracking). \\
+{{en:moodle:activities:forum:subscribtion.png}}
-**Set forums in own profile** under > Settings > Set forums
+===== Forum preferences (student view) =====
-===== Forum with rating of posts by students =====
+Students can configure their own forum settings for Moodle: All posts individually by e-mail or summarized daily as well as marking new messages (forum tracking).\\
+Set up forums preferences in your profile under > preferences > forum preferences.
+===== Forum with feedback from students =====
 A forum can be set up so that students can rate other forum posts. \\
 For example, they can signal their agreement or mark posts as particularly helpful.
-. Call up/click on the forum. \\ 2.
+. Call up/click on the forum. \\
-Open the forum settings with the cogwheel: Change rights" section. \\
+. click on "**More**" in tabs and open the "**Permissions**" area. \\
-. The page "Rights for forum: ..." is opened. Now add the rights for students (For the display in the field "Filter" enter the following: "forum:viesa"):
+. Now add the permissions for students. \\
   * **forum:rate** Rate posts
-  * **forum:viewanyrating** see overall rating
+  * **forum:viewany** See overall rating
-  * **forum:viewallratings** See all partial ratings (by name). (This option should be communicated to participants).
+  * **forum:viewall** See all partial ratings (by name). (This option should be communicated to participants).
-. Click on the "plus" icon, click on the role "Student" \\
+. Click on the "Plus" symbol in the "Roles with permissions" column, select the "Student" role. \\
-. The role "Student" is now displayed in the column "Roles with rights". \\
+. The "Student" role is now displayed in the "Roles with permissions" column. \\
-Now select a suitable rating in the settings, section "Ratings", e.g. of the type "Scale", "Helpful or not (e.g. forum posts)".
+Now select a suitable rating in the "Ratings" section of the settings, e.g.:
+Whole forum grading > Type > Scale.
   * Example in the course room [[https://moodle.jade-hs.de/moodle/mod/forum/view.php?id=195990|"What is possible with Moodle" - "Forum with rating of contributions by students"]]
-  * Moodle FAQ (moodle.org) - [[https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Forum_FAQ#How_do_I_enable_students_to_rate_forum_posts.3F|"How can students rate forum posts?"]]
+  * Moodle FAQ (moodle.org) - [[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Forum_FAQ#How_do_I_enable_students_to_rate_forum_posts.3F|"How can students rate forum posts?"]]
-More information: [[https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Forum|Documentation at moodle.org]]
+===== More ... =====
+  * [[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Forum|Documentation on moodle.org]]