By default, teachers have access to create and moderate their own forums. Staff with the permission 'FORUM:ALL' allows staff to view all forums. The permission 'FORUM:ADMIN' allows a staff member to access, manage and moderate all forums.
This article contains the following sections:
- Creating and Managing General Forums
- Creating and Managing Assessment Forums
- Moderating Forums
- Un-Banning, Removing and Adding Participants to a Forum
- Disabling / Suppressing Forum Notifications
- Closing and Reopening Forums
Creating and Managing General Forums
- Go to the Teaching Workspace > Forums.
- Select 'New forum...' to create a Forum. Alternatively, click on the 'Edit' icon next to the forum name to make changes to an existing forum.
- Set up the forum entering a Title, Participants and Content.
- Click 'Save'.
Creating and Managing Assessment Forums
Teachers can create Forums for an assessment through their programme through the 'Overview of Assessments' page.
- Go to the Teaching Workspace > Timetable > My Classes.
- Click the on the class or the Load Programme icon.
- Select the Overview of Assessments.
- Select the Assessment, then scroll down and click on Add Linked Forum.
- Set up the forum entering a Title, Participants and Content. Or leave with default setup.
- Click 'Save'.
Moderating Forums
- Access the forum either through the Teaching Workspace > Forums. Alternatively, go to the Programme page under Overview of Assessments (Assessment forums only).
- Select the forum name.
- Where participants have commented on forums, the following actions can be taken by clicking on the icons above the comment:
- New Message (Direqt)
- Ban This Participant
- Delete Message
Un-Banning, Removing and Adding Participants to a Forum
Re-adding a person as a participant will also 'Un-ban' that person.
- Access the forum either through the Teaching Workspace > Forums. Alternatively, go to the Programme page under Overview of Assessments (Assessment forums only).
- Click on the 'Edit' icon next to the forum name.
- To add a participant select their name from the drop-down. To remove a participant click on the broom icon.
- Click 'Save'.
Disabling / Suppressing Forum Notifications
- Access the forum either through the Teaching Workspace > Forums. Alternatively, go to the Programme page under Overview of Assessments (Assessment forums only).
- Select the forum.
- Click the 'Suppress Notifications' button.
Closing and Reopening Forums
- Access the forum either through the Teaching Workspace > Forums. Alternatively, go to the Programme page under Overview of Assessments (Assessment forums only).
- Select 'Show Closed Forums' from the bottom of the Forums list
- Click the 'Close Forum' icon next to the forum name. Alternatively, click the 'Reopen Forum' icon (curly arrow) to make the forum active again.
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