<aside> 💡 Instructors and students can communicate and collaborate in your course using Forums. Instructors can create discussion topics or, depending on the forum type, allow students to originate topics. Course members can then post replies and subscribe if they want to receive an email copy of each post made to a particular forum.

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Forums have become our go-to item for student activities in Loyola online courses. They can be used:

• To have discussions about topics
• For peer review
• For collaborative work on individual projects
• For test preparation
• And more.

Step 1: Creating a Discussion Forum

1. Turn on Edit Mode, which is a toggle located on the top right of your main course page.
2. Locate the module in which you want to add the forum. In the bottom of the module, click on Add an activity or resource. This will bring up a list of all the items you can add to your course.
3. Select the Activities tab at the top of this pop-out.
4. Select Forum

Step 2: Setting up the Discussion Forum

1. In the box called Forum name, enter the name of the forum here. Example: “Discussion Forum 1”
2. In the box called Description, type in the instructions for the assignment or any other information you need to add into the label.
   1. For the small box called “Display description on course page”, leave that box unchecked.
   2. For the “Forum type”, select standard forum for general use