When you access the Discussions tool from Course Tools, you are taken to the main screen for the Discussions tool.
The Discussions Screen
The Discussions screen lists all of the topics that are currently available to you. For each topic, the Discussions screen lists the total number of messages posted and the number of new messages. If you posted a message, next to All My Posts, the number of replies to your message is listed.
From the Discussions screen, you can open topics or replies to your messages:
A screen containing all of the topic's messages appears or the replies to your messages appear in a pop-up window.
- To view a topic and the messages posted to it, click its title.
- To view all topics or all your posts, click All Topics or All My Posts.
If you are allowed to post anonymous messages to a topic, the Anonymous icon appears next to the topic title. ![]()
Let's look at navigating the Messages screen next.