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Introduction One useful function in MyLinE is the ‘Forum’. The ‘Correct My English’ and ‘Read and Respond’ activities are both developed using this function as a basic concept. The following guidelines show how an instructor could start a sub-section for the ‘Correct My English’ or ‘Read and Respond’ activities in the respective university’s ELSP site.

Starting a Forum Go to ELSP@XXX and ‘Turn Editing On’. Go to ‘Add an activity or resource’ and select ‘Forum’.

Starting a Forum Type in the ‘Forum Name’ (e.g. Road Bully, What are the Solutions) and a short description to this forum. Forum name Short description

Starting a Forum For ‘Forum Type’, select ‘Standard Forum for General Use’. You could read about the other types of forum by clicking on the ‘Help’ button.

Starting a Forum Set the ‘Group Mode’ to ‘No groups’ and make sure you set ‘Visible to Students’ to ‘Show’. Lastly, ‘Save and return to course’ and the forum will appear in your ELSP@XXX page.

Starting a Forum This is how the forum will look like: To make changes, click on ‘Edit settings’.

Comments & Suggestions Please send your comments, suggestions, queries, experience, etc. to: myline@utm.my