Setting Up Forums
2.1. Accessing Forum Management
To set up and manage forums within your community group, follow these steps:
Log in to Das Admin.
Locate and select the Forum Management section in the navigation menu.
2.2. Creating a New Forum
Now, let's create a new forum within a community group:
Select the Create a New Forum button.
Provide the forum's details, including title, description, and category.
Select the SAVE button to create the forum.
2.3. Managing Forum Topics
Forums are all about discussions. Learn how to create and organize topics within forums:
Access the forum you want to manage.
Learn how to pin and lock topics to control visibility.
2.4. Moderation Tools
For effective forum management, it's crucial to understand moderation tools:
Discover the tools available for moderating forums, including post deletion and user management.
Configuring Feeds
3.1. Accessing Feed Management
Feed management is vital for engaging your community. Here's how to access it:
Log in to Das Admin.
Find and select on the Feed Management section in the navigation menu.
3.2. Creating a New Feed
Creating a feed within a community group is a breeze:
Select on the Create a New Feed button.
Follow the instructions to set up feed settings, including post approval requirements.
Select the SAVE button to create the feed.
3.3. Managing Feed Content
Learn how to create and manage posts within feeds, including text, images, and links:
Access the feed you want to manage.
Familiarize yourself with the process of creating and editing posts.
3.4. Moderation and Notification Settings
Effective moderation is essential for maintaining a healthy community:
Configure moderation settings for feeds, including notifications for moderated posts.
Cross-Functionality and Integration
4.1. Linking Groups, Forums, and Feeds
Seamless integration between groups, forums, and feeds is crucial for a cohesive community experience:
Understand how to link forums and feeds to specific community groups.
4.2. User Permissions and Access Control
Fine-tune user permissions to control who can access specific content:
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This guide provides essential insights and setup processes for utilizing Forums and Feeds effectively.
Forums and Feeds serve distinct yet interconnected purposes, each offering unique functionalities tailored to enhance your experience on our platform.
Every time a new group is created, a separate forum and feed features are automatically generated for that group. You can control the visibility and organization of these features through the Additional Settings tab.
Forums
Forums kick off with engaging topics that act as discussion threads. As users contribute by commenting or posting within a forum topic, they transform into dynamic feeds.
Creating forum topics
Select + New Topic at the top right-hand side of the page to initiate a new forum topic.
Add a descriptive Title to your posts.
Customize content with rich text and attachments, links, and media.
Add Tags to your topics to enhance discoverability.
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Engage with forum content by:
Pin forum topics within Community Groups, ensuring valuable content remains prominently displayed for all members.
Follow forum topics.
post, and reply within forum topics
Like posts, comments, and replies.
Mention others using @ and their username, email, first and last name.
Interactive discussions are encouraged through an auto-tag functionality on replies, and members can also @/mention others.
Replies and comments in forums do not currently support adding images or files.
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Feeds
Scattered across various content, such as course home pages, feeds can be individual features activated with the Enable Feed toggle on the Course Information tab.
Adding feeds to courses
Integrating individual feeds into your courses fosters a vibrant sense of community within each learning experience. This feature empowers teachers, students, and administrators to actively engage in discussions or pose questions directly related to the course content.
To implement this feature:
Navigate to the Course editor for the desired course.
Go to the Course Information page.
Scroll down to the Course Feed section on the right-hand side.
Toggle the Add Feed to Course switch to on (defaults to off).
Add a Title for your Feed in the Feed Title section and Save your changes to ensure the course updates.
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Similar to Forum topics, options for both original Feed posts and Forum topics include:
Customizing content with rich text, attachments, links, and media.
Add Tags to your posts to enhance discoverability.
Mention others using @ and their username, email, and first and/or last name.
Engage with feed content by:
Create posts, comments, and replies.
Expressing appreciation by liking posts, comments, and replies.
Like forums, replies and comments in feeds do not currently support adding images or files.
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