What are forum ranks?
Go to Forums.
Select the Forums tool from the Tool Menu of your site.
Click Ranks.
![Click Ranks.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/958/original/60b49ba5-6a13-4e62-8fe8-024614326b40.png)
The Ranks button is located below the name of the course site.
Click Add Rank.
![Click Add Rank.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/960/original/51f6ab2e-f9c2-487d-a8bc-0abcf02e2866.png)
Create a Rank Name.
![Create a Rank Name.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/962/original/29e51a99-2a73-4422-98b2-3ac9a0cd58bc.png)
Select Rank Type.
![Select Rank Type.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/964/original/54235d75-c0f6-4c4a-b8cb-f2c7cab6c47e.png)
There are two options for the type of Rank. A site member can be ranked manually or based on post count threshold.
Upload a Rank Image. (Optional)
![Upload a Rank Image. (Optional)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/965/original/b018f768-50c5-4ce5-9459-1dfe4acef208.png)
Click browse to retrieve a saved image. The Rank Image is restrained to 35 x 35 pixels and the image must be less than 100KB.
Click Update.
![Click Update.](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/000/967/original/c17f9391-e76c-4ee1-9bcc-c78e8d3c59fe.png)
Click Update to finish Rank or Cancel.