[imoffett]

I would like to know if I can have more than one forum per site. For example, if the school website has 10 different courses, which are password protected, can I have a forum for each course that is separate and distinct so the instructor and students can have their discussions without being buried in the other discussions concerning other courses?

[Robin W]

yes, just use

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/

which will let you set up exactly that