Forum E-mails Before Course Opens

Forum E-mails Before Course Opens

by Gary Harris -
Number of replies: 2
I'm wondering if e-mails will go out if an instructor puts up a forum post prior to the course open date. Do the e-mails go out immediately? Do they go out after the course opens? Do they go out at all?

Thanks,

Gary


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Re: Forum E-mails Before Course Opens

by Derek Chirnside -

Gary, I'm going to hypothesise here, which is quite useless actually.

I'd say only activity when the course is open is reflected in e-mails to subscribed participants.  Prior to opening and after opening, no dice.

But of course, I may be wrong, and you may need to do a test.

-Derek

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Re: Forum E-mails Before Course Opens

by Russell Waldron -

In my organisation, I found that messages posted in the News Forum DID go out to students, even when the course was Unavailable.

  • Students were already enrolled.
  • Students messaging preference for forums was "Digest".
  • The Forum was visible.
  • Forum subscription was "Forced"
  • Course availability was "Hide"


The normal cron processes on Moodle only send out messages created today to students who are currently enrolled. Later enrolments don't get a flood of email: they have to read the Forum, to catch up on what has already been said.

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