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Does Your Online Course Need a Forum?

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Course forums can give learners a reason to come back and stay engaged, but they’re also a lot of work. This is why, for many course creators, the preferred solution is a forum. Forums come in all shapes and sizes. In general, you can classify the type of forum you run as one of the following: Open. Should you start one?

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Online Course Forum Tips

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Many online courses today have some component of online forum for discussion about the course material. But creating an effective forum takes more than having the proper technology in place. As the facilitator (and admin) there are some techniques you can employ to help maximize your online discussions for you and the students.

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10 Tips For Better Online Discussion

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One of the major benefits to elearning, or any online training for that matter, is the ability to facilitate comments and discussion. But despite these benefits, there is one problem: many discussion boards are empty. Don’t hide the link to the forums – it should be clear where discussions take place.

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Add Private Forums to Your Courses!

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Which brings us to our latest update, an integration… Course Specific Forums with bbPress. For those of you who are not familiar with bbPress , it is a free forum plugin offered by Automattic (the same folks behind WordPress). It’s the same forum plugin we use for our LearnDash support. What is bbPress?

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How To Use Course Forums Effectively

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Forums are often used in elearning as an easy way to allow learners to communicate with each other, discuss any questions they may have relating to the content, and interact with the instructor. Depending on the topic of your online course it may make sense to include a forum. Should You Use Forums?

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How to Make Online Courses More Interactive

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Let’s explore how you can make courses more interactive by utilizing quizzes, gamification, forums, and more. Forums A classroom forum is a great tool for enabling peer-to-peer communication and interaction. When considering if your course needs a forum , consider how it works with your communication style.

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Are You Taking Advantage of Learner-Generated Content?

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Make your forum a central part of your online course. As we’ve discussed previously, online forums are a great way to build a community around your course. After a while, the lack of posting and updates makes the whole forum look like a graveyard of dead conversations rather than a lively center for discussion.

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