Hi all,
I am looking into creating a forum with 1 teacher and multiple students. I would like each student to be able to post multiple times and see his/her own posts only....kinda like a private discussion between the student and the teacher.
P.S. i dont want to use the messaging system as i want the teacher to be able to see all posts at one time.
I will be using Moodle 2.9
Appreciate the help?
I believe there is a forum type in the OU ForumNG plugin that does exactly this
Thank You Richard,
This is exactly what i was looking for. why isn't it part of moodle core..it just seems right to be there.
That discussion has been giong on for a long time - there are other 'advanced forums' that people also want to be included in core, in the meantime we have them as plugins only
Good that there is a discussion going on on discussion plugins.
I have 1 more question if i may. i am downloaded the forum and all is wokring. i am trying to make it email the posts to the teacher,but its not working...do you know if this is a feature or not ?
Zeid, good question, one of the key discussions is here: https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-47161
The official MoodleHQ view has not been supportive of individual tutor to students communication being in the core apart from messaging (which has the problems you indicate)
Martin has suggested the dialogue module as a "consilation prize" - https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_dialogue
We have used this with success. The interface is different, and it is clear these are 1<>1 conversations private with the teacher. ie students don't get con fused with where they are.
-Derek
Thank you Derek,
Yes the messaging system is like a private chat, but for those who want the regular tools and extra administration, there should be a 1 on 1 activity. I downloaded the ForumNG plugin and its working great...only thing is its not sending out emails when i try to post.
Thank again you for much for that informative reply and links.
Zeid
Hi Zeid,
There is an activity, Dialogue, that is 1 on 1, and with a little trickery, can be set so that students can start a dialogue ONLY with people whose role is admin, manager, teacher, or non-editing teacher. The trick is to put each student in a group by themselves and have the dialogue set to, Use course groups. The reason for the trick is that I did not want students using DIalogue to have conversations with other students, only me.
This might not be convenient for you though, if you use groups in the course already. Since I was the only teacher at my school using Moodle, I got around this problem by putting the Dialogue on the front page of the Moodle site. I haven't tested it, but this limitation could possibly be overcome by using Groupings.
I downloaded the ForumNG plugin and its working beautifully.. no need even to put the students into groups..
thank you soo much for your informative reply.
All the best to you all, you all have been very helpful.
Have you thought about using the Database Activity comments feature with view other entries only after a large number. I think that will give you what you're looking for without requiring any modifications.
Hey Dan,
Thank you for your reply.. I have actually..Database activity my second choice, but now i got ForumNg to send out emails and working properly. doing exactly what i wanted..but that's the beauty of Moodle, there is always a workaround
Hello All,
There is no way in moodle (i think) to do it..... I downloaded the ForumNG plugin as Richard has advised me and its working fully. its kind of weird there is no such thing at the moment.
