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Discussions, also called \u201cDiscussions Forums,\u201d are one way you can communicate with other members of your group. You can post new topics in the discussion forums or reply to what others have posted. Discussion forums are a good place to ask questions, share resources, or have informal discussions. Discussion forums are available for all Courses and Projects. In order to start a new Discussion, comment on an existing discussion, or adjust your email notification settings on discussion topics you need to first be logged into your account on the Openlab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are the Administrator of the Course or Project, and do not wish to use the Discussion feature, you can disable it under Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting a New Discussion on a Discussion Forum<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. From your Course or Project\u2019s profile page click Discussion<\/strong> in the right-hand menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. On the main Discussion page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter the\u00a0Title<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Content<\/strong>\u00a0of your new topic post.\u00a0 You can also add\u00a0Topic Tags<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. When you\u2019re finished, click Post Topic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commenting on Posts on a Discussion Forum<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Click the topic from the main Discussion page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Read the topic and type your reply in the Add a Reply<\/strong> box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Click Submit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. To return to other discussion topics, click Course\/Project Discussion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Or to go on to the next discussion topic, click Next Topic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This article is adapted from City Tech OpenLab Help<\/a>, under a CC BY-NC-SA license<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discussions, also called \u201cDiscussions Forums,\u201d are one way you can communicate with other members of your group. You can post new topics in the discussion forums or reply to what others have posted. Discussion forums are a good place to ask questions, share resources, or have informal discussions. Discussion forums are available for all Courses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-create","category-participate","category-work-with-courses-and-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}