{"id":11885,"date":"2023-11-17T11:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebwise-guide.mmu.edu.my\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2024-01-04T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:12:51","slug":"use-groups-with-a-discussion-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/?p=11885","title":{"rendered":"Use Groups With a Discussion Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11885\" class=\"elementor elementor-11885\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56a8b00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"56a8b00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a590b42\" data-id=\"a590b42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6e2be5 wpr-post-info-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-post-info\" data-id=\"e6e2be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wpr-post-info wpr-post-info-horizontal\"><li class=\"wpr-post-info-taxonomy\"><span>Forums<span class=\"tax-sep\">, <\/span><\/span><span>Lecturer Guides<span class=\"tax-sep\">, <\/span><\/span><span>Users &amp; Groups<\/span><\/li><li class=\"wpr-post-info-date\">January 4, 2024<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebfac1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebfac1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"aks\">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=\"lecturer-guides\/create-a-group\/\">Create a group<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb82bfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"cb82bfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-749898e\" data-id=\"749898e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a75398 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a75398\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f245a1f\" data-id=\"f245a1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0eb225 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"a0eb225\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f56a76\" data-id=\"2f56a76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e4b8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"e8e4b8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e428844\" data-id=\"e428844\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-445ba4b wpr-feature-list-left wpr-feature-list-square wpr-feature-list-line-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-feature-list\" data-id=\"445ba4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-feature-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-feature-list-wrap\"><ul class=\"wpr-feature-list\"><li class=\"wpr-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-c7e72ad\"><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"wpr-feature-list-line\"><\/span><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-inner-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/001-number-one-1.png\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"wpr-feature-list-title\"><a class=\"wpr-feature-list-url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Open the forum you want to add groups to<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"wpr-feature-list-description\"><\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"wpr-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-40156b3\"><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"wpr-feature-list-line\"><\/span><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-inner-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/002-number-2-1.png\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"wpr-feature-list-title\"><a class=\"wpr-feature-list-url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click Edit settings from the \u201cForum administration\u201d menu.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"wpr-feature-list-description\"><\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5db25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d5db25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/editsetting-forum-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12938\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/editsetting-forum-1.png 838w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/editsetting-forum-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/editsetting-forum-1-768x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f6f655 wpr-feature-list-left wpr-feature-list-square wpr-feature-list-line-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-feature-list\" data-id=\"4f6f655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-feature-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-feature-list-wrap\"><ul class=\"wpr-feature-list\"><li class=\"wpr-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-c7e72ad\"><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"wpr-feature-list-line\"><\/span><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-inner-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/003-number-3-1.png\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"wpr-feature-list-title\"><a class=\"wpr-feature-list-url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">In the \"Common module settings\" section, select either Separate groups or Visible groups from the \"Group mode\" drop-down.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"wpr-feature-list-description\"><\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410a752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"410a752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/common_module.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12939\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/common_module.png 677w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/common_module-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb3463 wpr-feature-list-left wpr-feature-list-square wpr-feature-list-line-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-feature-list\" data-id=\"2eb3463\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-feature-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-feature-list-wrap\"><ul class=\"wpr-feature-list\"><li class=\"wpr-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-c7e72ad\"><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-wrap\"><span class=\"wpr-feature-list-line\"><\/span><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-icon-inner-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/004-number-four.png\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpr-feature-list-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"wpr-feature-list-title\"><a class=\"wpr-feature-list-url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click Save and return to course or Save and display.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"wpr-feature-list-description\"><\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f47c5f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f47c5f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30fed8c\" data-id=\"30fed8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-851ab0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"851ab0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e31812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e31812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's the difference between separate and visible groups?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d08fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45d08fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<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&nbsp;group&#8217;s forum. With Visible groups, students can only post in their group forum, but they can visit and read posts in the other groups&#8217; forums.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a126038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a126038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/combine.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12963\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/combine.png 918w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/combine-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/combine-768x300.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7a229 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d7a229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I look at the different forums?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe20558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe20558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<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>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4bbe91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4bbe91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/allparticipants.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12965\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/allparticipants.png 534w, https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/allparticipants-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d1bd34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8d1bd34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d64c888\" data-id=\"d64c888\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forums, Lecturer Guides, Users &amp; Groups December 28, 2023 You can use groups to split your discussion forums into smaller conversations. For more information on setting up groups in your course, see Create a group. Step Open the forum you want to add groups to Click Edit settings from the \u201cForum administration\u201d menu. In the &#8220;Common module settings&#8221; section, select either Separate groups or Visible groups from the &#8220;Group mode&#8221; drop-down. Click Save and return to course or Save and display. FAQs What&#8217;s the difference between separate and visible groups? In Separate Groups, students will be completely separated; they will only be able to see and post in their own&nbsp;group&#8217;s forum. With Visible groups, students can only post in their group forum, but they can visit and read posts in the other groups&#8217; forums. How do I look at the different forums? In the forum, you will be able to change your view to All Participants, or just view one Group at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,379,387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forums","category-lecturer-guides","category-users-groups"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebwise.mmu.edu.my\/guide\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}