We use forums in a couple of ways to support training.
Every course gets an online Q&A forum. This is a place where students can ask questions ranging from technical issues to the course subject matter to the instructor's expectations. Instructors are expected to monitor and respond to this questions. It shouldn't require much level of effort and interacting with your students and having opportunities to build relationships is even more important when you are not physically in the room.
Forums can also be used for exercises. A forum-based exercise usually involves posting, reviewing, or commenting on something someone else posted. They can be used to explain and explore while interacting with other students since everyone who takes a course can see the forum for that course.
It is easy to add discussion topics to the course forum. Participation in a discussion can be an exercise. One way to do this is to post content, especially content that is not cut and dry or training related to making judgment calls.
The more interactivity the better. But keep in mind, that if you allow signups at anytime in the future, you can get forum posts any time in the future.
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