how to find discussion tool in a moodle course?

How do you do a discussion on Moodle?

0:014:01Forum in Moodle 3.5 - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipClick the turn editing on link from the gear menu top right then in the section you'd like to addMoreClick the turn editing on link from the gear menu top right then in the section you'd like to add the forum click add an activity or resource.

How do I access Moodle forums?

Subscribing to forum discussions They can click on the open envelope icon next to a forum discussion. (It will then change to a closed envelope.) They can click into the forum and click the cog icon top right and subscribe to the whole forum.17 Mar 2022

How do I edit my discussion on Moodle?

To keep the branch of posts, try editing the post instead by clicking "Edit." Instructors and administrators have the ability to delete, edit, and split a post in a forum. Students may also delete their post, until someone else replies to it, or until the editing period concludes.

How do I start a discussion forum?

How to Create a Forum WebsitePick a location to host your forum.Choose a software to create your forum website.Organize your forum's structure.Design your forum's theme.Create user rules for your forum website.Start conversations with interesting discussion topics.Publish your forum on your website.More items...•4 Aug 2021

How do I participate in a discussion forum in Moodle?

0:002:17Moodle 3.1 - How to Participate in a Discussion Forum [Student]YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAnd replies go to your Moodle course page the forum icon has two colored speech boxes. Press theMoreAnd replies go to your Moodle course page the forum icon has two colored speech boxes. Press the link to access the forums. This is the forum page.

Does Moodle have discussion boards?

To create a discussion forum: From the upper right of your Moodle course homepage, click Turn editing on. In the section from where you would like to link the discussion forum, from the Add an activity... drop-down menu, choose Forum.

How do you reply to a discussion on Moodle?

0:533:23How to reply to Discussion forum in moodle (Student) - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipSo for the student to participate in discussion forum at the right bottom here click reply then IMoreSo for the student to participate in discussion forum at the right bottom here click reply then I will have two options will have option to write a text upon your text box write your answer here.

What is a Moodle quiz?

Instructors can use quizzes in Moodle to evaluate student understanding of material. Moodle quizzes consist of a Quiz activity that contains one or more questions from your course's Question bank.

What is a forum in Moodle?

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. The teacher can choose to rate forum posts and it is also possible to give students permission to rate each others' posts.7 Dec 2018

What are the ways in creating discussion thread?

How to Create a ThreadNavigate to your course Home Page.From the Course Menu, click Discussion Boards (Note: faculty must add a Tool link to the Course Menu), OR...From the Course Menu, click Tools and then click Discussion Boards.Select a Forum to open.Click Create Thread Entry.Enter a name for your Thread.More items...

What is the best free forum software?

Best forum softwarevBulletin.MyBB.Vanilla.Flarum.Simple Machines Forum.Discourse.XenForo.Invision Community.More items...•13 Sept 2021

How do you organize a discussion forum?

The most common approach for organizing discussions is to type your discussion topic in the forum title and add details in the forum description.Type a subject or a discussion question in the forum title and provide instructions or details in the description.Allow students to create threads.More items...

What is permalink in a forum?

A permalink allows you to link directly to a specific forum post so you can share it easily with others. You will see the permalink option when clicking to reply to a post. If you click the permalink (1), it is highlighted to the side (2), and you will have a particular web address (3) which you can then copy and paste to use elsewhere:

How to set forum preferences?

(Defaults for each of these settings can be set by an administrator in Administration > Site administration > Accounts > User default preferences .)

What does it mean to split a discussion thread?

Splitting a discussion means that beginning with the post selected and going to the end of that sub-thread, the posts are cut from the current discussion topic and put into a newly created discussion topic.

How to grade a forum post?

You can then choose a grading method, such as a marking guide or rubric . After saving the forum settings, you'll find a 'Grade users' button on the forum page.

When an image is attached as a file to a forum message, it is immediately displayed full size after the message

When an image is "attached" as a file to a forum message, it is immediately displayed full size after the message (i.e. no need to click on an attachment ). This is an excellent way of sharing images without having to go through the process of uploading them as files and linking them from within web pages.

Can teachers reply privately to a forum message?

Teachers (or anyone with the capability mod/forum:postprivatereply can reply privately to a forum message. By default, the reply is only seen by the recipient and the teachers of the course, and cannot be replied. (Details in [ [1] ])

When do forums get locked?

Forum threads may be automatically locked after a certain period of inactivity. This is done from the setting 'Discussion locking' when creating or editing a new forum. Locked discussion alert when viewing a forum. A period from a day to a year may be selected.

How to manage a course in Moodle?

Managing a Moodle course 1 Courses - how to set up your courses. 2 Editing text - how to use the text editor and what the icons mean. 3 Activities - how to involve students actively in their learning. 4 Resources - how to add static materials to your course. 5 Blocks - how to add extra items and information to the sides of your course page. 6 Questions - how to create questions for use in quizzes and Moodle's lesson module 7 Course enrolment - how to give students access to your course. 8 Grouping users - how to put students into groups and why this is useful. 9 Grades - how to use the gradebook, scales and advanced grading methods. 10 Tracking progress - how to control and display progress through a course. 11 Reusing activities - how to copy or recycle elements of your course.

How can progress be tracked?

Progress can be tracked in a number of ways. Students can be enrolled manually by the teacher, automatically by the administrator, or they can be allowed to enrol themselves. Students can also be added to groups if they need to be separated from classes sharing the same course or if tasks need to be differentiated.

What is the Forum activity?

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. The teacher can choose to grade and/or rate forum posts and it is also possible to give students permission to rate each others' posts.

How is it set up?

In a course, with the editing turned on, choose 'Forum' from the activity chooser.

How does it work?

Students access the forum by clicking the icon on the course page and depending on the forum type selecting, will typically be see a button to start a new discussion topic. They can sort discussions, subscribe to discussions from the toggle button, and favourite/bookmark discussions from the star icon on the left.

Where to find inactive courses in Moodle?

You can also look for your course in the main section of the Moodle homepage, underneath the “Search courses” box, in the “My courses” section. After the active courses, you will see your inactive courses listed here in approximately reverse chronological order.

What to do if you are not seeing the courses you expected?

If you are still not seeing the courses you expected, you can always search for them use the “Search courses” box: The search feature will return all available to students courses which meet that criteria and all unavailable courses to which you have access that meet that criteria.

Is Moodle available to students?

All courses are loaded into Moodle as unavailable to students. Once the instructor is ready to share the materials and begin the instruction process, they will make it available to students.

What is Intelliboard.net report?

at IntelliBoard.net we have a report called Student Performance report. Attached is the image. Total time of presense on the course is calculated for each course for each student. IntelliBoard.net is designed to support Moodle reporting.

Do you need to calculate time spent in each course resource?

No need to calculate the time spent in each course resource. All I need to do is to calculate the time between opening of the course main page and closing of the course main page.

Course dedication block

Hi all, in the Center of Innovation for the Information Society ( CICEI) at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), a block named Course dedication block has been developed.

Re: Course dedication block

Hello Robert, I think that this would be a little dangerous. I think the time returned by this block must be only considered as an estimated time. This block may be useful for an administrator or a course coordinator to extract conclusions.

Re: Course dedication block

Yes, definitely you are right and that this is an "estimate". What is happening is that some students are asking if they can see estimates of how much time they might be credited and the instructor/teacher is indeed using your solution/dedication to estimate.

Re: Course dedication block

and excuse me for the delay in responding. I am sorry but I have no progress on it, although I think it might be a necessary feature. The only obvious suggestion is to add a group selector in dedication.php and according to it show the table with only the desirable students. At the moment I can not give your more help.

Re: Course dedication block

Interesting... I'll see if I can work out why it didn't work here and post back

Re: Course dedication block

Session: set of two or more consecutive clicks in which the elapsed time between every pair of consecutive clicks does not overcome an established maximum time.

Re: Course dedication block

i enabled the email based self registration and recaptcha...but am not able to reduce the image suze of recaptcha.....know my need is to cut the captcha image into two images or reduce the size of the image.....