The document provides step-by-step instructions for students to post responses in Moodle discussion forums. It explains how to access and reply to discussion topics, including composing a message, attaching files, setting notification preferences, and editing or deleting posts. Students are guided on including images, links, and formatting in their responses using the HTML editor. They are also shown how to view the original post being replied to and return to the course homepage after posting.

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in Moodle (For Students)

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After logging in to Moodle, click on the course in which you want to post your responses
in the discussion forum, say Demo Course.

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Click on the name of the forum.
In this case, we choose the forum How to be a good Teacher.

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Discussion topics and the creators of the topics in this discussion forum are listed on the forum’s main page.

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Click on the topic which you want to post a response to, say “What makes a good teacher?”

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Click on the Reply button in the bottom right corner of the post.

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A text editor will then appear. In the Subject field, the topic of the post that you are replying to is displayed.

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In the Message text box, type in your message. The text box is a mandatory field.You can include images, web links, etc in your
message. (You may refer to the self-learning materials Learning HTML Editor in Moodle, Using HTML Editor to Add a Hyperlink in
Moodle Course and Using HTML Editor to Insert an Image in Moodle to learn how to use the HTML editor.)

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In the Subscription field, you can set your subscription preference on whether or not you would like to receive
email notifications for messages posted in this forum.
(Please note that the setting will take effect immediately once it is selected until you change it again.)

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By default, Send me email copies of posts to this forum is set.
It means that you will receive an email notification whenever a message is posted in the forum.

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If you select the option I don’t want email copies of posts to this forum,
NO email notifications will be sent to you when messages are posted in the forum.

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You can attach a file to your message to provide additional information. To do so, click on the Browse ... button
next to the Attachment field to select the file to be uploaded from your computer.
(Please note that the size of an attached file should not exceed 10 MB.)

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Lastly, click on the Post to forum button to finish.

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After posting your message, you will receive an acknowledgement.You will be reminded that
you will have 30 minutes to edit your post.You can revise your post within this period if you wish to.

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Click on the Continue button to return to the topic page.

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Your reply is now posted.

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You can edit your post within 30 minutes after posting it by clicking on the Edit button.

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You can also remove your post within 30 minutes after posting it by clicking on the Delete button.

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However, if a response has been posted to your message before you click the Delete button, you will not be able
to delete your message. An error message will be shown.You can click on the Continue button to return to the topic page.

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When the editing period (30 minutes) is over, the Edit and Delete buttons will disappear
and only the Show parent and Reply buttons will be left.
If you want to respond to a post, click on the Reply button in the bottom right corner of the corresponding post.

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When there is a long list of responses and you want to view the parent post
(i.e. the original post that the messages are replying to), click on the Show parent button.

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Click on Demo Course to return to the course’s front page.

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