The software includes highly configurable support for discussion forums. Forums maybe threaded or flat (by date), moderated or unmoderated, open, closed, or configured so that only instructors can create new threads (topics). Posts can be plain text or html and can include urls and attached files. Email support is extensive. Users can receive notifications instantly or batched hourly or daily or disable email notification. Notifications are not limited to email (individual instances have added SMS and RSS and this is planned in the main distribution). The system can be configured to allow users to post replies to the forums by email. Students can view all posts by other students in the class. Guest without forum privileges can be added. Teams, communities and subgroups can have their own forums.
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