Q: “I created a forum in Oncourse but my students can’t see it. What’s going on?”
Let’s say you want your students to have a discussion outside of class and created a forum on Oncourse. Although you (the instructor) can view the forum, the student states that he or she is unable to see it. What is going on?
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ANSWER:
In order for your students to see an Oncourse forum, two steps are necessary.
- 1. Create the forum (which is a container for topics)
AND
- 2. Create, at least, one Topic within the forum (this is where the discussion will take place)
How to add a Forum and topic:
Click here to view a short video tutorial that helps you through the process or view the Oncourse Help article and follow the steps.
Note: To see whether your students can see the forum and topic, it’s always a good practice to check the student view. This can be done by selecting “Enter student view” on the left toolbar.
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