Moodle 2.0

• Don't force all students to be subscribed.
• Use groups to separate the current group of students in the class from
previous groups.
• Create a fresh instance of the course for each new group.
Chapter 8
If you select Auto subscription, everyone in the course is subscribed to the forum,
but later they can unsubscribe. With Force subscription, the student cannot
unsubscribe as long as they are enrolled in the course.
Read tracking for this forum?
When the Read tracking for this forum? setting is turned on, it highlights the
messages that the student hasn't read.
If students are subscribing to the forum via email, then this feature is less useful
because it won't reflect any posts read via email.
Maximum attachment size
Students can attach files to forum postings. This sets the maximum size of a file that
the student can upload. The setting turns off the student's ability to upload files to
the forum Uploads are not allowed.
Maximum number of attachments
The Maximum number of attachments setting specifies the maximum number
of files that can be attached to one post. Note that this is not the maximum for the
whole forum.
Post threshold for blocking Settings
The Post threshold for blocking setting helps you to prevent the forum from being
taken over by a few prolific posters. Users can be blocked from posting more than a
given number of postings in a given amount of time. As they approach the limit, they
can be given a warning.
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