Time to Complete (in minutes): 20
- Question:
- How do I modify a forum in Scholar?
- Answer:
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- In the left column, click on the Forums link.
- To the right of the title of the appropriate forum, click on Forum Settings.
- On the Forum Settings screen, modify any of the following:
- In the Forum Title text box, type a new name you want for the forum.
- In the Short Description text box, type a short description (up to 100 characters) you want for the forum that will appear under the forum title on the Forums home page.
- In the Description text box, type any information you want about the forum that site participants can access from the Forums home page.
- To add an attachment for participants to read, click on the Add Attachment button.
- Beside Lock Forum (Disable forum postings):
- To prevent participants from posting messages to this forum, click on the Yes radio button.
- To allow participants to post messages in this forum, click on the No radio button.
- Beside Moderate Topics in Forum:
- To allow participants in one or more roles to moderate forum posts, click the Yes radio button.
- To prevent users in any role from moderating forum posts, click the No radio button.
- Under the Permissions section:
- In the list beside Role, select the role you want to modify.
- Beside Permission Level, use the drop-down menu to select the permission level you want for that role.
- To modify any permissions you want for a selected role, check or clear any associated check boxes for that level.
- To choose participants that can edit postings, beside Edit Postings, select the None, Own, or All radio button.
- To choose participants that can delete postings, beside Delete Postings, select the None, Own, or All radio button.
- To associate the forum with a specific pre-existing assignment in the Gradebook, select the assignment from the Gradebook Item: drop-down menu.
- To save the changes, click on the Save Settings button.
- To save the forum as a draft that will not be displayed to site participants, click on the Save Draft button.
- To save the changes and add a topic to the forum, click on the Save Settings & Add Topic button.
- To delete the forum, click on the Delete button.
- To return to the Forums home page without saving the changes to the forum, clickon the Cancel button.
