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JForum
* Forums can be made visible/invisible on a designated date.
* Forums can be locked/unlocked on a certain date (can read but not post).
* Forums and categories can be sorted.
* Unlimited forum and category creation.
* Supports sticky and announcement topics.
* User control of email notification and profile options.
* Bookmark functionality for favorite topics.
* Search functionality across a site's forums.
* "Watch" functionality for hot topics.
* Mark discussion as read functionality.
* Ability to move, delete, lock, and unlock topics.
* Ability to lock a topic, allowing users to read topic postings, but not respond.
* Ability to restrict a forum and/or topic to a specific group or section.
* Ability to grant fine grained permissions on a role or group basis.
* Support for 12 foreign languages.
* Grading of discussion forums and topics, optionally integrated with Sakai's Gradebook.
* Ability for facilitators to see number of posts per student in a forum or number of replies in a post.
* Ability to view one's contributions collectively on one page.
Permissions include:
o Category access
o Forum access
o Ability to post Sticky, Announcements, or Task topics
o Read only Forums
o Enable Karma
o Enable Bookmarks
o Enable Attachments
o Allow Download of existing attachments
o Ability to set number of allowed attachments, file upload size, and types of
allowable attachment extensions.
o Set users as moderators
o Disallow moderation in specific forums
o Ability for roles edit, delete, move, lock and unlock topics
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