This guide will walk you through the essential aspects of Forums Feeds, guiding you through the setup process and providing insights on effective utilization.
Forums and Feeds serve distinct yet interconnected purposes, each offering unique functionalities tailored to enhance your experience on our platform.
With each Group creation, a dedicated forum and Feed are automatically generated. You can control the visibility 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.
Explore the following options for both Forum topics and original Feed posts:
Customize content with rich text and attachments, links, and media.
Add descriptive titles to your posts.
Tag or 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.
Accepted attachments include:
Images
png, jpg, jpeg, gif, tiff, tif, webp, bmp, SVG.
videos
mp4, png, quicktime, mov.
Engage with forum content by:
Following and posting within forum topics.
Liking posts, comments, and replies.
Replies and comments in forums do not currently support adding images or files.
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.
Similar to Forum topics, options for both original Feed posts and Forum topics include:
Customizing content with rich text, attachments, links, and media.
Adding descriptive titles to your posts.
Tagging or mentioning others using @ and their username, email, and first and/or last name.
Engage with feed content by:
Creating posts, comments, and replies.
Expressing appreciation by liking posts, comments, and replies.
Similar to forums, replies and comments in feeds do not currently support adding images or files.
