Forum

A Forum is a discussion the learner takes part in, and it can be graded. Today there is a single forum type, Simple.

The editor

A description — the prompt the learner responds to — optional attached media, a deadline, and the shared grading settings.

The deadline works exactly as it does in the assignment: no deadline, a fixed date, or a time limit counted in days, weeks or months.

Steps

1. Write a description and attach a file.
2. Set Points and a minimum score.
3. Set a fixed date deadline.
4. As a learner, post to the forum, then reply to your own post.
5. Edit one of your posts, then delete another.
6. As a second learner, reply to the first learner’s post.
7. As an instructor, grade the participation.

What to check

• Posts appear in the order they were made, with the right author and time.
• Editing a post updates it in place — no duplicate.
• Deleting a post removes it and its replies coherently.
• Posting counts towards progress.
• The deadline blocks or allows posting as configured.
• The grade reaches the gradebook and the learner.

Where it usually breaks

• A post that survives a delete, or takes unrelated replies with it.
• The author or timestamp on a reply being wrong.
• Posting still allowed after a passed deadline.