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Feedback

The Feedback activity allows instructors to create and conduct surveys to collect feedback from students, which can be done anonymously.

Forum

A forum is an activity where students and the instructor can exchange ideas through posting questions and comments. A forum can contribute significantly to successful communication and community building in an online environment. There are different types of forums that an instructor can select, which will determine whether a discussion occurs all on one page or within different threads/topics. 

Forum/Read Tracking

A user preference related to forums that allows users to track read and unread forum posts. This can be set at the profile level so read tracking is always enabled throughout your site, or manually within individual forums.