Accessing discussions settings

1. Click Discussions on your navigation bar.
2. Click Settings at the top of the page.

Note: You can also access Discussion Settings via the Account Settings page; however, this page does not include the option to display deleted posts.

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Personal settings

Personal settings control the way you view messages inside a topic. When you make changes to these settings, they will be applied to all your discussions for all course sections.

• Always show the Discussions List pane: Always show the sidebar with the list of topics and threads on the left side of the page when viewing a topic or thread.
• Display deleted posts: (Instructors only) Show all deleted posts in discussions so that you can restore them.
• Default View: There are two interfaces for viewing discussions:
  
  • Grid View: Shows a list of titles of threads and replies in a topic. You must click on each title to view each message individually. This view is not recommended.
  • Reading View: (Recommended) Shows the full text of each thread in a topic. You must click on a thread title to view its replies.
• Include original post in reply: Automatically include the full text of the post you are replying to in all new message replies.
• When creating a new thread, subscribe to the thread by default: Automatically receive notifications when someone replies to your discussion threads.

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Enabling the Grid View of discussions

The Grid View of discussions allows you to view a list of titles of all messages in a topic. This view is not recommended because it requires you to click on each message title individually to read all messages in a topic.

Note: This setting only affects your own view of Discussions.

1. On the My Home page of myCourses, click on your name on the top toolbar and select Account Settings.
2. On the Discussions tab, select Grid View.

   Click on the question marks to view descriptions of each option.

   

3. Click Save.