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Forum: Setup Auto Activity Completion

Learn how to set up a Q&A forum that automatically marks the activity as complete when conditions are met

Updated over 7 months ago

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to set up completion conditions for a Q&A forum post.

Note

This forum type is used when you do not want a student to see classmates' posts until the student makes an initial post. This helps prevent plagiarism.

The example demonstrates the setup if students must make one initial post and then are required to reply to a minimum of two classmates - 3 total posts.

The example shows that 3 posts/replies are required; however, your requirements may differ (Two total posts, etc.)

Procedures

  1. Under Forum type, select Q & A forum from the dropdown menu

    Dropdown menu options with Q and A forum highlighted


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  2. Scroll down to Activity completion and choose Show activity as complete when conditions are met from the Completion tracking dropdown menu

    Dropdown menu with Show activity as complete when conditions are me

  3. If a grade is required, choose either Rating or Whole forum

    Dropdown menu with Grade not required option highlighted

  4. Place a checkmark in the box next to Student must post discussions or replies. Input the total number of posts AND replies students must make to show this activity as complete. Leave Require discussions and Require replies unchecked for this particular forum setup

    Require posts checkbox checked with 3 typed in the textbox

  5. Click Save and display at the bottom of the page

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