1. Select Turn editing on at the top right of the screen.
2. Scroll to the desired topic area.
3. Select Add an activity.
4. Select Forum.
5. Type the Forum name in the text box.
6. Scroll to Forum Type.
7. Select A single simple discussion, Each person posts one discussion or Standard forum for general use.
| A single simple discussion |
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| Each person posts one discussion |  The instructor and participants may each post one discussion topic.Participants may reply to classmates’ discussion topic and responses. Each discussion topic will be organized in a table. |
| Standard forum for general use | The instructor and participants may post numerous discussion topics.Participants may reply to classmates’ discussion topic and responses. Each discussion topic will be organized in a table. |
8. Scroll to Forum Introduction and type the discussion topic.
9. Scroll to Can a participant post to this forum.
10. Select Discussion and replies are allowed, No discussion, but replies are allowed, or No discussion, no replies.
| Discussion and replies are allowed |
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| No discussion, but replies are allowed |
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| No discussion, no replies |
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11. Scroll to Force everyone to be subscribed and select No, Yes, Forever or Yes.
| No | Participants will not receive an e-mail for every post that is made. |
| Yes, Forever |
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| Yes | Participants will have the option to subscribe or unsubscribe themselves to receive an e-mail for every post that is made. |
12. Scroll to Read tracking for this forum and select Optional, Off or On.
| Optional | Participants can choose to track read and unread posts. |
| Off | Participants will not have the ability to identify read and unread posts. |
| On | Participants will be able to identify read and unread posts. |
13. Scroll to Maximum attachment size and make a selection from the drop box.
14. Scroll to RSS feed for this activity and select None, Discussions or Posts. A RSS feed will create one continues page with the forum’s discussion topics and replies.
a. If Discussions or Posts is selected, scroll to Number of RSS recent articles and select how many discussion topics and replies will be displayed on the continuous page.
b. Review the Appendix to learn how to utilize RSS feed within Forum.
16. Scroll to Allow posts to be rated and select or deselect Use ratings to grade participants’ discussion topics and/or replies.
17. If Use Ratings is selected:
a. Scroll to Users and select Only instructors can rate posts or Everyone can rate posts.
b. Scroll to View and select Participants can only see their own ratings or Participants can see everyone’s ratings.
c. Select How to grade from the drop box.
d. Select or deselect Restrict ratings to post with dates in this range. If this was selected, choose the dates the ratings can be made.
18. Scroll to Group mode and s elect No Groups, Separate Groups or Visible Groups in the drop box.
a. No Groups will allow the enter class to participate with each other.
b. Separate Groups will allow members of a group to only interact with each group member.
c. Visible Groups will allow members of all groups to interact with each other and view each other’s work.
19. Scroll to Visible to participants and select Show or Hide.
a. Selecting Show will allow students to view the workshop links.
b. Selecting Hide will not allow students to view the workshop links.
c. This may be changed at anytime.
20. Scroll to and select Save Changes.
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to view the continues page. 
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