The forum activity is suitable for informing and building common knowledge. Messages in the News forum automatically send an email notification to students.

Use the forum when:

• You want to inform students (News forum)
• You want students to introduce themselves to each other
• You want students to conduct peer reviews without tight scheduling, for example by using group-specific threads.
• You want to activate students: to argue, to document, to build a common understanding.
• You want to use group-specific discussions
• You want students to see each other’s submissions as attachments to discussion messages

HAMK instructions for using discussion forums for students: “Activities in discussion forums.”

More detailed instructions on how to use discussion forums on the Moodle.org website.

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Moodle assignment

Moodle: student submits a video to the assignment