Forum

• the option of being able to subscribe just to particular threads.  This was discussed before in another thread a while back.  That would offer an alternative.
• the option of receiving an email from a thread indicating that there may be more than one response, but, one has to come to the thread to see.  (There is definitely at least one response since the time one has visited the thread.) The email would contain a direct link to the thread.  This could be another alternative.

Here is how you can change the default settings:

1. Open File=moodle/user/editlib.php in a html editor (e.g. Dreamweaver)

2. Search for "autosubscribe" and you'll find this line of code:

$mform->setDefault('autosubscribe', 1);

3. Alter this text to read as follows:

$mform->setDefault('autosubscribe', 0);

4. You might want to use this opportunity to alter the default for tracking forums.  It is currently set to 0=false.  I prefer that new students would have this on since it allows them to easily see what posts they have not read.  To do this, change the code as follows:

$mform->setDefault('trackforums', 0);

-->  $mform->setDefault('trackforums', 1);

5. Save your changes and PUT the revised editlib.php to your server.  This will allow all future subscribers to have the autosubscribe set as "false" [=0] and, if you used step #4, to have the trackforums set as "true" [=1].

Aaron Rose-Milavec
Catherine of Siena Virtual College
Moderator@fuse.net