Frequently Asked Questions

How to reply to a Forum in Moodle.

How to reply to a Forum in Moodle.

The Forum is an asynchronous Activity allowing discussion to happen between users. Reply to a Forum post by following the steps below.

Navigate a Forum within the course and click on its title.

forum link in course front page

The forum will appear.


Click on the Discussion topic to view its threads.

discussion thread link


Scroll to the post where the reply will be added, then click the "Reply" link its lower right corner.

reply button


Determine whether to keep the same Subject or to change it.

subject line


Create a Message for the reply.

1. If the HTML editor is not displayed, select the Toolbar Toggle button  and then click the Edit html source  button. 


Choose the Subscription method for the message post (optional).

subscription options

When a user is subscribed to a Forum it means that they will be sent email copies of every post in that Forum (posts are sent about 30 minutes after the post was first written). Users can usually choose whether or not they want to be subscribed to each Forum. However, if a teacher forces subscription on a particular Forum then this choice is taken away and everyone in the class will get email copies. This is especially useful in the News forum and in Forums towards the beginning of the course (before everyone has worked out that they can subscribe to these emails themselves).

If you choose to receive email copies of the posts, and your school has turned it on, you can reply to the post from your email. Click Reply in the email and reply using the email address provided. Consider removing the original email content so that your forum post does ot contain the quoted text. 
 


Choose a file to upload as an attachment (optional).

attachment

Drag and drop a file or click "Add..." and use the File Picker to select an attachment.


Check the box "Mail now" to send the message immediately after posting.

mail now

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Click the "Post to forum" button to complete.

post to forum


 Last updated Mon, Jun 8 2015 8:00pm

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