A faculty member recently posed a fabulous question:
"Is there a way to make a graded Discussion Forum available so that students can see their previous posts without allowing them to post again? In other words, I’ve graded the forum, and I don’t want to give the students the opportunity to post again, but I would like for them to see their previous work. "
Yes! You can change the "Allow Members to Create New Threads" at the forum level and "Lock" all previously created threads.
Steps for changing the creation of new threads:
Click the Discussions link in your course which will take you to the main Forum screen.
- Hover next to the title of the forum you wish to make changes in to make a chevron appear:
- Click the chevron and select Edit from the drop-down menu:
- Scroll down to the Forum Settings area, and click the radio button next to Standard View:
- Scroll down to the "Create and Edit" section of Forum Settings and uncheck the Allow Members to Create New Threads box:
- Click Submit.
Steps for Locking Previously Created/Graded Threads:
- Click on the Forum in which you wish to make the threads a view only style.
- Click the box at the top to select all:
- Click the Thread Actions button at the top (or bottom).
- Select Lock from the dropdown menu:
Here's what a thread looks like once you've clicked Lock (notice it says "Published - Locked" which means students can't add/create additional replies/posts):
