# Students view

When entering the Forum as a student, students will see the title, instructions and the list of discussion threads.

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Students can view when the latest updates in all discussions have occurred

### **Posting in Discussion Threads**

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Depending on the settings configured by the teacher, students will have different options available.

For instance, if the teacher selected the option for students to use a rich text editor, then student will be able to add formatting and pictures to their postings.&#x20;

Also teachers can set a minimum or maximum limit of number of postings or replies per thread that each student can submit.

Other options include the ability for students to:

1. Post or reply to messages anonymously.
2. Rate postings.
3. Limit the number of characters per posting.
4. Re-edit their own postings.

See [*Forum Authoring Advanced settings*](/lams/tools/forum/create.md#advanced-settings).

### Rate postings

When this option is enabled, students will be able to rate each other’s postings from 1 to 5 stars. Additionally, teachers can set up a minimum and/or maximum number of ratings that the students need to do before completing the forum activity.

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### **Posting restrictions**

If the teacher two distinctive posting restrictions:

**Allow students to create new topics**: when enabled students are free to create new discussion threads at will and not limited by the threads you create as a teacher.

**Number of posts per student per thread**: set a minimum and a maximum number of postings that each student has to do before completing the forum activity.

When minimum posting restrictions are in place, students must fulfil these restrictions in order to continue to the next activity.&#x20;


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