Recently, a lecturer asked us if it is possible to limit forum access to specific students. This is possible though a multi-step process. You will have to assign students to a group, then assign the group to the respective forum. Here's how to do it:
Preliminaries
- Your Module has already been created in IVLE.
- Create a Discussion Forum if you have not done so. Workspace > Discussion Forum > Create Forum > Choose Parent Module, Title the Forum > Choose number of Forums depending on number of groups (Two groups in the following example) > Create (Remember to publish the forums once you've set everything up.)
Setting up the limited-access forums
1. From Workspace, click Class Management on the left sidebar.
2. Click Edit.
3. Click Groups, under Management on the sidebar.
4. Click Create Class Groups.
5. Set preferences: Name the group(s). (Numbers will be automatically added to multiple groups.) Describe the group. Decide group enrolment - student or your choice. Choose number of groups. Click Apply.
6. Click Assign Students.
7. Choose how to assign students. If you assign students manually, click on the student's name (Ctrl-click to select multiple students), then click the corresponding arrow button to move the student to the respective group. Click Apply.
8. Click Discussion Forums from the Tools drop menu.
9. Click Edit of the respective Forum.
10. Click Edit.
11. In Accessible To, under Security, uncheck all items except for the group that should have access to this particular Forum.
Voila! Select students now have access to the chosen Forum.