Effective communication is important to courses with online components. As an LMS, Moodle provides three main internal systems for communicating with students.
- News Forum/Course Announcements*: One way communication
- Participants/People Block: Two way between individuals
- Discussion Forums: Course and group communication areas
*All new Moodle course shells created will see Course Announcements instead of News Forum.
In our communication support section, we review the Moodle messaging systems, their uses, and how to use each tool given an instructor's needs.
Overview of the Moodle messaging system: The differences between each communication method and best uses.
Internal Mail Tool: NEW and worth investigating.
Course Announcments/News Forum
Participants (Course Menu) or People Block
- Participants/ People Block: Overview of the course roster
- Messaging: Settings
- Managing Communications: Sending, Read/reply, Search, Message History
- Encouraging the Use of Messaging
Discussion Forums
- Some Initial Considerations
- Important Formatting Awareness
- Discussion Forum Types
- Add/Edit a Forum and Settings
- Allow students to do more (or less) within a forum activity: Override Permissions
- Forum Posting
- 30 Minute Editing Window
- Reply/Edit/Delete a Student Post
- Monitor Student Forum Activity
- Forum Post Display Options
Using Discussion Forums with Course Groups
Forum Communication Ideas
Additional Information and Help
Instructor Forum: An area where instructors can discuss the use of communication tools within Moodle. If you have any tips or tricks, this is a great place to share. You must log in using your Netlink to add content.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Communications: A list of questions and answers that may not fit into any one category, but has been asked by instructors.
Incorporating Discussion and Engagement. From our Document Library, articles that we have found particularly interesting with ideas to enhance online discussion use.
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