To access:
● See Discussion Access and Navigation in this section of Help.
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● On the View Threads page, click the subject of a Discussion Thread (or any reply message within the Thread).
Description:
● The Details page includes the full text of each message within a Discussion Thread. When you open the page, the program takes you to the top of the page; scroll down the page to view each message.
● From the Details page, you can enter replies to messages, open documents that are attached to messages, and mark messages as Read (which removes the green dot that indicates an un-read message).
● Note: Administrators and Instructors have the capability to view and edit Discussion messages.
Actions:
● To open an attached document: If a document has been attached to a message, the heading Attached File appears beneath the Subject line. Click the document title to open the document.
● To reply to a message: Click the
Reply link at the bottom-right
side of the message.
A new page appears where you can enter the text of your reply.
Note: By default, the Subject line is filled with the subject of the original
posting. If you choose, you can type new text in the Subject line.
● To mark messages as Read: A green dot next to the date and time at the top of a message indicates that a message has not been read. If you reply to a message, the program automatically removes the green dot.
● To mark all messages as Read: At the top-left side of the Details page, a pull-down menu appears between the headings Mark and Messages as Read. Select All in the pull-down menu (the default value), then click the Submit button to the right of the heading Messages as Read. The program removes the green dot from all messages in the Thread.
● To mark individual messages as Read:
A check box labeled Mark as Read
is located at the bottom-right side of each Discussion message. Click
the check box for the messages you wish to mark.
At the top-left side of the page, a pull-down menu appears between the
headings Mark and Messages
as Read. Choose Selected
in the pull-down menu, then click the Submit
button to the right of the heading Messages
as Read. The program removes the green dot from the messages for
which you have checked the Mark as Read
check box.
● To search for text within a Thread: With the Details page open, you can use the Search feature in your browser to search for text within the messages.
● To return to the View Threads page: Click the View Threads link at the top right side of the page.
● To return to the Lesson Summary page: Click the Lesson Summary link at the top right side of the page.