Subscription mode allows students to choose to subscribe to the forum and receive an email copy of each post made. The default is Optional subscription.
Optional subscription – Students can choose whether to subscribe or not.(recommended).
Forced subscription – Everyone is subscribed and cannot unsubscribe (not recommended in most cases).
Auto subscription – Everyone is subscribed initially but can choose to unsubscribe at any time.
Subscription disabled – Subscriptions are not allowed.
In Read tracking, If enabled, students can track read and unread posts in the forum and in discussions. By default, this is set to Optional, and forum tracking is controlled by individual users in their Personal Profile. If set to Off, read and unread posts are not tracked.