{"id":1279,"date":"2018-03-15T19:15:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T19:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&amp;p=846"},"modified":"2018-03-15T19:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T19:15:49","slug":"use-groups-discussion-forum","status":"publish","type":"bwl_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/elearning\/forum\/use-groups-discussion-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Groups With a Discussion Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use groups to split your discussion forums into smaller conversations. For more information on setting up groups in your course, see <a href=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/guides\/create-a-group\/\">Create a group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top-full\"><span class=\"kb-steps\">Steps<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>Open the forum you want to add groups to<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Edit settings<\/strong> from the \u201cForum administration\u201d menu.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.up.edu\/moodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2018\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"review article text for instructions\" \/><\/p>\n<li>In the \"Common module settings\" section, select either <strong>Separate groups<\/strong> or <strong>Visible groups<\/strong> from the \"Group mode\" drop-down.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.up.edu\/moodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2018\/03\/2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<li>4 Click <strong>Save and return to course<\/strong> or <strong>Save and display<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"faq-q\">What's the difference between separate and visible groups?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">In Separate Groups, students will be completely separated; they will only be able to see and post in their own\u00a0group's forum. With Visible groups, students can only post in their group forum, but they can visit and read posts in the other groups' forums.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-860\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/discussion-pix2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"faq-q\" style=\"margin-top: 32px;\">How do I look at the different forums?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">In the forum, you will be able to change your view to All Participants, or just view one Group at a time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.up.edu\/moodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2018\/03\/3.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","bkb_category":[19],"bkb_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","bwl_kb","type-bwl_kb","status-publish","hentry","bkb_category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bwl_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bkb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_category?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"bkb_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}