Discussion forums
Flexible discussion spaces alongside your teaching material
Enabling engagement in a controlled space
Enabling engagement in a controlled space
Forums are safe space for students to ask questions, share ideas, reflect and support each other.
Affordances
- Continue discussion online following a lecture or seminar to keep students engaged in the topic
- Promote community and allow students to work and learn collaboratively
- Communicate key information to specific grops, or the entire class
- Use as a ‘frequently asked questions’ area to reduce student emails
Forums at Warwick with the Moodle Forum activity
Forums are an activity in Moodle allowing you to create forums to suit your needs, right along side your teaching materials.
- Multiple forums can be set up in various formats to suit your requirements
- Create a free-form space where students can have an open discussion any time
- Create a structured discussion prompting responses with specific guidance
- Allow tutors or students to moderate discussion
- Control when students see posts, only allowing once they have posted themselves
Follow our guides to get started
Moodle
- Browse all the Moodle guides
- Introduction to communication and collaboration
- Use announcements
- Create a discussion forum
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Example Recipes - How discussion forums can be used to enhance your teaching.
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