Hi,
it's the second time in a few months that I discovered some conversation to be "blocked".
It would be interesting to have the possibility to reply and add experiences - even because the same problems tend to repeat.
So, why are so many discussions blocked?
Thank you,
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MC
What do you mean by blocked?
Because we went through a period when people were digging up old treads, sometimes as much as 5years or more. With the way Moodle progresses these were frequently barely touching in the same thing. It was decided - with quite a bit of posting and discussions in the forums that if a thread had seen no post for over a year then it would be reasonable to close it.
If you do think an old thread is relevant to your discussion, you could always start a new thread and reference the old one as appropriate.
Richard is right Marco: this was a decision to try to tidy up the conversations in Moodle. We did need something to be done and so a year was chosen as the cut off date.
You also are right, sometimes there are a few discussions over a year old that have no posts and may still be relevant. I'd encourage you to just post again, as Richard suggests. The tools we have here to converse and chat are a human construct, and may not be perfect.
But they do a pretty good job, even with the time limit on postless threads.
My 2c
-Derek
> If you do think an old thread is relevant to your discussion, you could
always start a new thread
> and reference the old one as appropriate.
I will try to do that, although it seems unconfortable to me...
Thank you,
Hi,
I can understand what you mean : sometimes, it's better to have all the (related) information grouped in a single thread.
Remember that people having teacher rights on the course/forum can always post on blocked discussion (and that unblocks them). If it's really useful, perhaps you can gently ask someone to "reopen" a discussion you want to add good information into...
HTH,
Séverin