Forums are hidden by default, but can be enabled to allow asynchronous group conversations.
If you elect to use forums, best practice is to assign at least one mentor AND one JA staff member to each group to monitor conversations. Inappropriate or off-topic posts can be deleted, and anyone posting such material can be warned/banned by either the mentor or the JA staff member.
By default, all users will receive email notices when new posts are added to the conversation. This feature can be disabled by each user at will.
To limit clutter, please divide students in to groups for any forum. This can be managed in the Activity editor. A group member can read other groups' posts, but can only respond to their own.
To contain the conversations, please set a start date for the forum as well as a closing date, and do not let it run too long. One or two days beyond the time of the WOC event should be plenty. Let your mentors know what expectations you have of them vis-a-vis the forums if you choose to use them.
