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Viewing and Adding Discussions
Who is this article for?Usersviewing and adding discussions.
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This guide explains the feature of Discussions. Whether you're seeking to engage in lively conversations or contribute your insights to a course, this walkthrough provides an overview of how to navigate and participate in discussions within the Ideagen Academy platform.
1. Viewing Discussions
- Click the speech button at the top of the Academy screen, then select Discussions.
- A list of courses that you can comment on will be displayed.
- If you are a learner, you will only be able to comment on courses you are enrolled on.
- Instructors and administrators can comment on all courses.
- You can create discussions on all Ideagen courses. However, for courses uploaded by your organisation, you must ensure that the option to discuss the course is turned on. See Adding a Course & Categories for more information.
- The discussion lists shows how many topics have been created against each course. Click the course name to view / contribute to the existing topics, or to create a new one.
Important: Administrators can also access the Discussion list by clicking Discussions on their home page.
2. Adding Discussions
- From the Discussions screen, select the course you want to discuss.
- A list of discussion topics for the course will be displayed. Either select an existing discussion or click Start a new Discussion.
- If you are creating a new discussion, you must provide a title.
- You can also post the first message in a discussion, and edit the text using the text editor. You can also upload a file if you wish.
- To add a post to an existing topic either:
- Click the Click to leave a message button at the bottom of the screen, enter your message, then click Post. You can also upload a file if required.
- To respond to an earlier comment, click the Reply button.
- The Academy will notify you whenever someone replies to one of your comments (if the relevant notification is enabled).
Note: You will only be able to see discussions and comments made by people within your branch. In addition, you won't be able to see discussions created in sub-branches. For example, if your branch has two sub-branches called A and B, any discussions or comments made by users in Branch A will not be visible to users in Branch B.