Posting to a Discussion Topic Thread (New & Reply)

Users can participate in discussions by posting a new thread to a Discussion topic or by replying to a thread that has already been posted.

Post a New Thread

Select Discussions in the course navigation bar.
From the Discussion List, select the title of the Discussion topic.
Select Start a New Thread.
A text box will be displayed to compose a thread. Enter a subject for the thread and its main content in the text box.
Select the group the thread will be posted to from the dropdown “--Select a Group--”.
Add images and video to the post and format text. View HTML Editor to learn more.
Select Post.

Invite specific users to the new thread by tagging them with an @mention.

Select Discussions from the course navigation bar.
From the list, select the title of the Discussion topic.
Select the title of the thread.
Select Reply to Thread.
A text box will be displayed to compose a thread. Enter text, images or other content.
Select Post.

To keep track of new activity, subscribe to a Discussion and receive updates by email or text message immediately or as a daily email summary.