Moodle Discussion Forums

Using the Moodle Discussion Forum

This guide will help you with using the discussion forum on Moodle. This guide includes instructions for:

  • Starting a discussion topic

  • Replying to a response

Important: There are two forum types in Moodle. Click here if your discussion activity looks like this:

Starting a Discussion Topic

Step 1: Login to Moodle using your MyNaz username and password.

Step 2: Click on the course title from your Dashboard to open and view your course.

Step 3: Click on the title of the discussion forum to open and view the conversation.

Step 4: Click Add a new discussion topic.

Step 5: Enter your Subject.

Step 6: Enter your post in the Message field. You can also copy and paste your post from another document, such as a Word document. Moodle may time you out after a certain length of time.

Note: You can add a file attachment by clicking Advanced.

Step 7: Click post to forum.

Note: It is a good idea to back up all of your forum posts by having them in a Word or Google Docs document. This way, you will have them to refer to in the future.

Note: If your instructor is requiring you to add a file to your discussion post, follow the steps on the Add File to Discussion Forum page.

Note: If you want to subscribe to a discussion forum post get notifications when a new post has been submitted], go to the Forum Subscription page for steps on how to subscribe.

Replying to a Response

Step 1: Click into the forum in your course

Step 2: Click on the tile of the discussion.

Step 3: Click the Reply button.

Step 4: Enter a simple text or click Advanced to access the content editor and to attach files.

Step 5: Enter your text in the Message field

Step 6: Click the arrow to attach a file, if desired.

Step 7: Click Post to forum to share your reply.