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Icebreakers for online discussion forums in higher education can foster community and engagement. Examples Classics Two Truths and a Lie students share three facts about themselves, two true and one false. The class guesses the lie.  Show and Tell stud...

Problem If you do not see your discussion forums showing the course gradebook, the settings for the forum are probably set to “none”. Simply edit the settings for the forum(s). Here’s how: Turn editing on in your course. Go to the Forum(s) that is not...

Summary In Moodle forums, In Moodle, instructors can grade forum participation in two main ways: Whole Forum Grading or Ratings. Whole Forum Grading allows instructors to assign a single grade for a student's entire forum activity (all posts and replies), whe...

Summary There are two ways to choose from for grading discussion forums. Rate posts and replies as you read your student's discussion contributions using a rating scale to grade discussion posts cumulatively. For example, you can separately rate students' ...

Summary Forums allow students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a 'thread'. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts.  Discussion fosters active learning, critical thinking, and a sense of community, transformin...