Using Forums instead of Weblogs

Some teachers may prefer to have students use forums for posting content instead of blogs. Just as with blog posts, teachers can choose to promote selected student posts to the home page (to promote any post to the home page, edit it and select the "promoted to front page" checkbox under "publishing options").

To enable forums:

• Turn on the forums module in adminster >> site building >> modules.
• Create a forum through the administer forum interface.
• You may adjust forum settings by clicking on the "settings" tab in the administer forum interface.
• Visit the main forums page to see if the forums are available. You may activate a link to this page in the main navigation menu through administer >> site building >> meuns.

To disable blogs

• Turn off the module in adminster >> site building >> modules.

To make the main forums page the site front page:

• Go to administer >> site configuration >> site information.
• Change the "Default front page" to "forum."
• Save your changes as the bottom of the page.

Note: If you have made your site private by enabling the Front Page module, you will need to make the change for the home page in administer >> site configuration >> Front Page instead.