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Moderating Forums
All instructors who have requested forums will also be created as moderators for their forums. Log into the moderator control panel by first signing in on the main forums screen at http://www.classguide.net/rutgers/forums/ and then going to the moderator control panel screen at http://www.classguide.net/rutgers/forums/mod/

Adding an Announcement:
You can add an announcement that will be visible on the main page of your forum.

1. Log into the forum and then go to the moderator control panel.

2. To add an announcement, click on Add from the left menu. The Add New Announcement page will open.

3. Type in your title in the Title field. This title will display like subjects in a post.

4. Enter the announcement's start and end dates to ensure that the announcement is inserted and removed when you want.

5. Type your announcement message in the appropriate box.

6. To select which forum to display your announcement in, click on the Forum drop down box and select the forum you want from the list of forums that you moderate.

7. To add the announcement, click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.

Editing an Announcement:
While logged into the moderator control panel, to edit an announcement, click on Edit from the left menu. A list of all forums and announcements will open. Find the announcement you want and click on Edit to the right of it.

Make any changes you wish to the announcement. If you would like to move your announcement to another forum, click on the Forum drop down box and select the appropriate forum.

When you are done, click on the Save Changes button at the bottom of the window. You will be brought back to the list of all forums and announcements page with a confirmation at the top that should say Record updated!

Deleting an Announcement:
While logged into the moderator control panel, to delete an announcement, first navigate to the list of current announcements by clicking on Edit under Announcements on the left panel of the screen.

Find the announcement you want and click on Remove next to the announcement you would like to delete. A page will open asking to confirm the deletion.

Click on Yes. The announcement will be deleted.

Moderating New Posts:
This function allows you to screen posts and validate them before they are viewable to all forum users. Since this function not only slows down the flow of communication between users and gives the moderator the hefty task of going through a large amount of posts for validation, it is highly recommended that this function not be used.

Banning Users:
You may wish to ban users who you do not want to post to your forum or who abuse their privileges. Before taking this action, please speak with Barclay Barrios to try and resolve the problem.

1. However, if you need to ban a user, click on Ban under Users on the left menu in the moderator's control panel.

2. Next, type in the user's name that you wish to ban.

3. You now have the option to ban the user or to view the user's profile. Although you can view a user's profile, you cannot change any of the given information. Banning a user puts them into the Banned by Moderators user group. You can only ban normal registered users, not other moderators or super moderators.

4. If you wish to readmit a banner user, please e-mail Barclay Barrios at barclay.barrios@rutgers.edu with the user name.

Mass Move/Prune:
This thread control function moves large amounts of posts from one forum to another. You should not have much use for this function and should refrain from moving posts from your forum to someone else's.

This thread control function deletes posts older than a specified date. You can also delete all posts within a forum by a specified user. Unless you have a large amount of posts within your forum, you generally should not have to use this function.