Question:
I have a query about students receiving forum notification emails in weekly sections that are yet to be made available.
In my unit, Weeks 9 to 12 are set to be released in the future. The tutors would like to 'add a new discussion topic' in forums in each of these weeks, which are set up as 'standard forum for general use' with
assigned groups. They would like to do this ahead of time so that the discussion topic/thread is there for students to contribute to at the beginning of each week.
Our only hesitation in doing this is that students could receive notification emails for forums that they are not yet able to contribute to, as these sections are closed, and this could cause confusion. Would this be the case? Or is it that because the
sections are closed, they do not receive these emails.
Answer:
Regardless if a section or forum is hidden/shown, if a student is subscribed to a Forum, they will receive a notification for any post that is made.
If you do not want students receiving a notification for posts in hidden forums, you will want to disable the subscription for that Forum (and re-enable) this if you want students to receive notifications.