6.1. Forum

  • The forum is an online discussion group, where the administrator posts topic of discussion for the users to participate and post replies on the same.
  • A forum can have any number of sub-forums; a sub-forum can have ‘n’ number of topics with relevant replies.
The tree-structure of forum is given below:
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Note

  • Threads are created either by an administrator or the user and is available to all the users in the LMS.
  • Under each topic, new discussions are called as Threads.
  • The users can participate in discussions, by posting replies to the respective threads.
  • New threads created by users are managed by the administrator.
To access forum:

Click Forum-Button Forum. The following Manage Forum screen appears displaying details on the list of forums created.

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There are 2 types of forums:

  1. General Forum:
    o A forum is created based on general topics such as for example: Economics, Business, Education, Finance etc.
    o Only administrator/super admin/root admin has the right to create general forums and the users can participate by posting replies to the general forum.
  2. Classroom Forum:
    o The classroom forum is created based on the classroom training discussions.
    o Any of the users enrolled in the classroom training can create the threads and post replies.

To add classroom training for discussion:

• Click Classroom-Button Classroom > Trainings. The Classroom screen appears.
• Under My Trainings > click List View > click Discussion. It is re-directed to the Forum screen, where the trainings are added to the discussion.

6.1.1. Create New Forum

To create forum:

  • Click Create New. The following Create Forum screen appears with the respective fields to be filled.
  • A new forum is created.
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Note

The new forum created, appears in all enrolled user accounts and can participate by creating new threads and post the replies.

6.1.1.1. Create New Thread

To create thread:

  • Click on the new forum name created. The following Manage Threads screen appears displaying information on the new threads created, view count and total number of replies.
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  • Click Start New Thread, to create a new thread for the discussion.
  • The following Create Thread screen appears with the following fields such as Subject, Message and Image to upload.
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6.1.1.2. Post Replies

To post replies:

  • Click on the newly created thread. The following Thread Details screen appears displaying details on the new thread.

  • Click either of the tabs:

    1. Reply: to post a new reply.
    2. Remove: to remove the topic thread created.
    3. Edit: to edit the thread details.
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  • Click Reply. The following Reply screen appears to post replies to the particular thread.

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6.1.1.3. Edit and Delete Thread

To edit thread:

Click Edit Edit-Button. The Edit Thread screen appears with the chosen fields to be edited.

Note

The Edit link will be enabled only for 15 minutes and then it will be disabled automatically.

To delete thread:

Click Delete Delete-Button. It automatically deletes the specific thread.

6.1.2. Delete Forum

To delete forum:

Click Delete Delete-Button. An alert box is displayed with the following message: “This forum contains thread, Are you sure you want to delete?”, click Ok or Cancel.

6.1.3. Participate in the Forum

  • Click on the selected forum name to participate in the discussions. The following Manage Threads screen appears displaying lists of threads for the discussion.
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  • User participations are based on 2 scenarios:
o Scenario 1: Users can start a discussion on the new thread > click Start New Thread.
o Scenario 2: Users can discuss on the existing threads and post replies by clicking on the selected thread name.