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Forum Participation

Learn how to participate in a forum discussion activity

Updated over 6 months ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to post and reply to a discussion activity in Moodle

Forums, also known as Discussion boards, are identified by a red speech bubble icon on the class content page

Forum icon

Procedure

  1. Find the forum assignment within your Moodle course and click the link

    Link labeled Discussion Forum 1

  2. Find the Add discussion topic button below your instructor's description of the activity and click it to move to the text editor page

    Button labeled Add discussion topic

  3. Add your content to the Subject and Message fields

    Text boxes for forum title and discussion comments

  4. Scroll to the bottom and click the Post to forum button

    Button labeled Post to forum

  5. Click on the title of another student's post to read it

    Student post title

  6. Click on Reply on the bottom-right of the message to open the text editor page

    Link labeled Reply

  7. Write your reply in the text field and click the Post to forum button

Text box and button labeled Post to forum

Note

Some instructors require students to post a reply to the instructor's initial discussion topic before they can see other students' posts. In that case, reply to the post from your teacher as your initial submission. Then follow the instructions above to post to respond to a peer

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