Lesson 6: Communication Modules
Forum
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How-to
To learn more about forums and how to add one to your course, watch the video below.
Opening a forum from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.
This video provides a long list of possible forum implementation strategies or uses.
Forum - the heart of Moodle from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.
In addition you can read Chapter 5 Forums, Chats, and Messaging from the Using Moodle book and visit the Forum Module Moodle Docs webpage.
You may also be interested in this discussion on Moodle: Best Practices for Grading Discussions. You will need a free Moodle Community account.