Discussion Forum provides Noodle users with an easy to use board to allow time-exclusive conversation and discussion - a great way for employees to have free discussion and share information.

• Creating a Category
• Creating a Topic
• Posting in a Topic
• Access Rights Levels Explanations

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Creating a Category

Before any topics can be created, a Category must be created to hold them. A Category is like a single forum and may contain any number of topics.

To create a Category, select the Forum in which you would like it created and select the 'Create' button. You will now see a new window with 2 options:

1. Title - Choose a Title for your Category

2. Message Expiry - A user may choose to limit the amount of time that a Category is available for users to post in. Upon expiry, the category may be viewed, but no new messages may be posted.

Creating a Topic

Once a Category has been created, users may now begin creating threads or Topics. A Topic is created by selecting a Category and then clicking the 'Create' button. You will be shown a new window which contains the form for creating a Topic:

1. Title - Choose a title for the Topic

2. Message - Enter the 1st message that will appear at the top of the topic.

When these fields are complete the user may now post the thread by clicking 'Submit Post'.

Posting in a Topic

After a Category and Topic have been created, users may now begin to post. Simply select the Category and Topic and click 'Post Reply' and type in a message that will be displayed on the Forum.

Access Rights Explanations

Below is an explanation of how Access Rights affect what the User is able to do:

• Read - Users with Read access to the Forum will be able to view the Category List. Read access to a Category will allow the User to view Topics within each Category.
• Post - Post access to the root Discussion Forum allows the User to create new categories. Post access to a Category allows the user to create new Topics as well as post replies in existing Topics.
• Modify - The Modify Access Rights level is identical to the Post level for both the root Discussion Forum and Categories.
• Admin - Admin access allows Users to access the Administration section for the Discussion Forum or Category.
• Route - Routing is not applicable for the Discussion Forum.