Reading Messages on a Discussion Forum
This guide shows how to find and read posts in a discussion forum.
On this page:
- Access Discussions
- Read Topics Threads
- Manage Settings
Access Discussions
1. In a unit space on the navbar, select Communication, then Discussions.
2. The discussion page lists forums and topics.
- Discussion List (1): access the list of forums and topics
- Subscriptions (2): View the forums and topics that you have subscribed to
- Filter (3): Select options to filter to Unread, Read and Flagged topics
- Forum (4): Discussion theme, under which topics are listed
- Topics (5): Click to view and create Threads
- Threads (6): Click to view and create reply posts
Read Topic Threads
Click on a Topic name, to view a list of threads. In this view, you can:
- Search (1) keywords in threads and reply posts
- Subscribe (2) to the topic, to receive notifications of new posts.
- Start a New Thread (3)
- Filter Topics (4) by All threads, unread threads or flagged threads
- Mark all posts in a thread as Read or Unread (5)
- Flag the topic (6)
- Print (7) all posts on a topic
Search Topics
1. Enter search term in Search (1) then click the 
Search icon.
Subscribe
1. In the topic view, you can Subscribe, to receive notifications of new posts.
a. Click Subscribe (2)
b. In the confirmation pop-up window, select notification frequencey, and click Subscribe.
Mark a message read or unread
Threads are automaticall marked on reading, at time you have wish to change the read status.
1. From the thread name, select Mark all Posts as Read or Unread, from the dropdown list.
Flagging a Thread in Discussions List
To quickly find select threads or posts, you can flag them, then filter by Flagged threads.
1. From a thread name, or a post author, select Flag Thread (or Flag Post) from the dropdown list
2. From Filter by, tick Flagged Only
Printing a Thread from a Discussions List
To print all post in a discussion topic thread:
1. From the discussion topic thread name, select Print Thread, from the dropdown list.
2. From the print pop-up window, click Print.
Manage Settings
Discussion Settings
1. Click Settings from the top of the window.
2. Select required setting, including default view (grid view or reading view), reply settings, subscription settings, more.
3. When complete, select Save.
Subscriptions settings
1. Click Subscriptions (2) from the tool navigation.
2. Modify your Subscription Display options (All, Forum only, Topic only or Message only) (2), and Notification Methods (3)
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