Title: Discussion forum assignment: Start a new discussion thread and submit a file as an attachment
Course: Student Moodle orientation template > Section: Taking part in discussion

Purpose and outcome: You practice taking part in discussion on a Moodle discussion forum so that you can share your thoughts and experiences and learn from your peers on actual content courses. In this assignment, you practice creating a new discussion thread and adding an attachment to your first post.

Proceed as follows:

1. Before writing to the forum:
  - Download the file welcome_to_study.pptx to your computer. Click the file name and Moodle suggests downloading and saving the file to your computer.
2. Writing the forum post:
  - Go to the forum by clicking the forum name.
  - Click Add discussion topic to start a new discussion in the forum.
  - Add a subject for your message in the format Your name + study expectations (e.g. Tarja's study expectations).
  - Type a few sentences in the message field on what you will be studying at Jamk and kind of expectations you have for your studies. If you have, for example, a LinkedIn profile and you would like to network with other new students, share a link to your profile.
3. Adding an attachment:
  - Click Advanced below the Message section.
  - Add the welcome_to_study.pptx file you just downloaded to your computer to the Attachment box.
4. Posting to the forum:
  - Click Post to forum.
  - After clicking Post to forum you have 30 minutes to edit your message before it becomes visible to other course participants.
5. Note:
  - Privacy: Please note that all course participants can see and can freely comment on all discussion threads on this forum.

Assessment and activity completion:This forum assignment is not graded. It will be marked completed automatically after you have started at least one new discussion thread.