Time for action – adding a forum
In the topic you want to add a forum to, click on the Add an activity... list (if you don't see this option then check that you have editing turned on). Select Forum from the list:
Leave the Forum type as Standard forum for general use. There's more on the different types of forum later in this chapter.
Give your new forum a name and a brief introduction:
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the Save and display button. And that's it, we're done:
What just happened?
Following these simple instructions we now have a new forum in our course, where students can discuss what they think made last year's poster project such a winner. I appreciate that there are a few configuration options I've missed out, but remember that our task is to get our course up and running with the minimum of fuss.
Subscribing to forums
I'm expecting my forum to be quite active but I don't want to have to remember to log into Moodle to check to see whether there are any...
