The Discussions tool is a collaboration area to post, read and reply to posts on different topics, share thoughts about course materials, ask questions, share files, or work with your peers on assignments and homework.
Access the Discussions Tool
Select Discussions from the navigation bar.
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Changing Discussions Settings
Access Discussions settings
On the Discussions List page, select Settings (located in the upper right corner of the screen).
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Personal Settings
Personal settings control the way you view posts inside a topic. These settings apply to all course offerings wherever you access discussions, but do not affect other users.
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Subscription Settings: Uncheck this box if you do not want to automatically subscribe to the thread.
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Grid View Settings
Default Threading Style: The default threading style used when accessing topics.
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Subject Characters to Display: The number of characters of the Subject to display for each post when browsing topics. (Must be an integer between 1 and 150).
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Finding and Reading Discussion Posts and Threads
Once a discussion gets started, new posts can come in very quickly. There are a number of places in D2L that identify new posts to help you keep on top of things:
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You can subscribe to specific discussion forums, topics, or threads to receive an email, SMS, or minibar notification whenever there is a new post.
Search for Discussion Posts
On the Discussions List page, select the topic you want to search for posts.
Enter the terms you want to find in the search field and select the Search icon.
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To see all posts again, select Clear Search next to Search Results.
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Read Discussion Threads
Select a topic to display the View Topic page. Then, select a thread to display all replies to the thread, along with the original post.
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Creating and Replying to Discussion Threads
Create a Thread in Discussions
Select the topic where you want to create a thread.
Select Start a New Thread.
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Note: The rubric does not display any personalized feedback or results.
Reply to a Thread in Discussions
Locate the thread you want to reply to.
Select Reply to Thread to reply to the main thread post or select Reply to reply to a particular post inside the thread.
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Enter your reply in the HTML Editor.
Select Post.
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Printing discussion threads and posts
You can view posts in a printable format and send the posts to your printer:
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In the Printable View pop-up window, select Print.
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Following Discussions
Flagging a Discussion Post
If you want to return to a post at a later time, or if you want to monitor replies to a post, you should flag the post. Select Flag Thread or Remove Flag from the context menu of the post to add or remove a flag. To quickly find your flagged posts, select Flagged from the Filter by: tool navigation.
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Marking Discussion Threads and Posts as Read or Unread
When you select a thread, it automatically marks all of its posts as read. In some cases you might want to manually mark some posts as unread—for example, if you open a thread but do not finish reading it.
Mark Posts as Read or Unread
Do one of the following:
Select Mark All Posts as Read from the thread's context menu to mark all posts in the thread as read without viewing the thread.
Select Mark All Posts as Unread from the thread's context menu to mark all posts in the thread as unread.
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To mark individual posts as unread, click Mark Post as Unread from the context menu of the post.
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Managing discussion subscriptions
You can make changes to your subscriptions in Notifications and in the Subscriptions area of Discussions.
Change Default Frequency of Notifications and Internal Messaging Address
Select Subscriptions from the tool navigation in Discussions.
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To change your internal messaging address, select the Change your notification settings option.
To modify the frequency of your notifications, select an option under the Notification Frequency section.
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Manage Subscriptions for Forums, Topics, or Threads
Select Subscriptions from the tool navigation.
To unsubscribe select Subscribed and then select Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
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Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Discussion Forums, Topics, and Threads
You can receive email, minibar, and SMS notifications for discussion forums, topics, and threads that you subscribe to. Ensure your Notifications settings are set up properly.
Subscribe to Notifications for an Entire Forum or Topic
On the Discussions List page, select Subscribe from the context menu of the forum or topic to receive notifications of new posts.
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Note: If you do not have an email address set up in your user profile to receive instant and summary notifications, select Add an internal messaging address in a new window in the Customize Notifications pop-up window. Select Enable internal messaging notifications, then set your internal messaging preferences in the Internal messaging Settings pop-up window. Select Save.
Select Subscribe.
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Unsubscribe from Notifications
Select Unsubscribe from the context menu of the forum or topic you are subscribed to, or select Subscribed beside a thread, to stop receiving notifications.
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In the confirmation pop-up window, select Yes.
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Enabling Notifications in Discussions
You can sign up to receive immediate internal messaging notifications when new posts are made in discussions you subscribe to.
Important: You must enable both Discussions notifications and subscribe to forums, topics, and threads to receive instant notifications.
Enable Notifications in Discussions
Note: You must set up a contact method before subscribing to notifications.
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