# Anonymous Forums

If anonymous posts for forums are enabled, users can post messages in forums and discussions without revealing their name to other users. All such posts will appear as by an anonymous user. The instructor can choose three different modes for this setting. Note that the logs still report user activity so this is not truly anonymous.

There are three choices for this setting:

- Never [default]: participants may not post anonymously.
- Always: all posts are anonymous.
- Sometimes: participants may choose to post anonymously.