Moodle 2.0

Chapter 8
Remember that in the Course Settings page, you can set the Enrolment duration
as Unlimited. This means that once a student is enroled in the course, she or he is
always enroled until you manually unenrol the student. If you leave the course
open to all students who were ever enrolled, consider segregating your chat by
groups. Then, create a group that includes only the currently-enrolled students.
This prevents previous students from giving away too much in the chat room.
Forum
Forums are one of Moodle's most powerful features. A well-run class forum can
stimulate thoughtful discussion, motivate students to become involved, and result
in unexpected insights.
You can add any number of forums to a course, and also to the site's Front Page.
Anyone with access to the course will have access to the forums. You can use
group mode to limit access to a forum to specific groups.
When a student enters a forum, the student sees the description entered during
creation of the forum, as shown in the following screenshot:
When writing a forum posting, the student uses the same online, WYSIWYG editor
that you see when creating web pages in Moodle. Also, you can allow students
to upload files into a forum. If you ask students to collaborate on assignments, or
ask them to review each others' work, consider adding a forum specifically for
discussing the assignment. Encourage the students to use the forum to preview
each others' work and collaborate on the assignments.
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