The Fishbowl format allows the users who are designated as being “inside thefishbowl” to view, post, and reply to messages. Users who are designated as being“outside the fishbowl” can view the posted messages and replies but cannot post or respond.

The Hot Seat format is designed to simulate a classroom situation where one or morestudents are asked to research and defend a particular topic. Designated users can post top-level questions to the Hot Seat member, however only designated Hot Seat Members can respond.

The Required Post format requires user to post a top-level message before they canread and reply to postings of other users.

To create a forum using the discussion forum wizard:

1. Log into your ANGEL course and click the Lessons tab.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Add Content hyperlink (located in the upper left toolbar).
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Discussion Forums Wizard hyperlink.
   
   
   
   
4. Discussion Forum Type appears.Select the format of your forum; Fishbowl, Hot Seat, or Required Post. Click the Continue button.
   
   
   
   
5. Basic Settings page appears.Type or paste the name of the discussion forum in the name field.Click the Continue button.
   
   
   
   
6. Instructions page appears. Change the default instructions, if desired. Click the Continue button. ( NOTE: The directions in the image below are for Hot Seat. The instructons will change depending on the type of Discussion you choose)
   
   
   
   
7. Team Name page appears. To properly configure the discussion forum, the wizard must create one or more teams to negotiate user permissions. Type a prefix to precede the team name. Click the Continue button.
   
   
   
   
8. Teams page appears.
   (NOTE: The team permission set-up varies based on the type of forum being created. These images are for Hot Seat.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. After reviewing the forum settings, click the Create Forum button.
   
   

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