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Discussion Subscription

Overview

In Discussions, subscribing to a Forum, Topic, or Thread is a way to “Tag” an area of interest in that discussion. Subscribing to a Discussion by Forum, Topic, or Thread will send different levels of notifications to the subscriber.

  • Subscribing at the Forum level will allow the subscriber to receive a notification every time someone responds to any part of that forum (topic or thread). 
  • Subscribing to a Topic will will notify a subscriber every time someone responds to a thread in that topic.
  • Subscribing to a Thread will notify a subscriber someone has responded to that thread.

Instructions

To Subscribe to a Discussion feed in D2L Brightspace, Select Discussions from the Communication tab from your course.

D2L Brightspace navbar with the Communication dropdown menu expanded. There is a red box around the "Discussions" option in the dropdown menu.

Select Subscriptions under the Discussions page.

Discussions page in D2L Brightspace with a red box around the "Subscriptions" tab.

On the Subscriptions page, from the drop-down menu, select the type of Subscriptions you would like to receive notifications on.

Discussions Subscriptions page showing the subscription options. A red box surrounds the Display dropdown menu, with options for "All Subscriptions", "Forum Subscriptions Only", "Topic Subscriptions Only", and "Thread Subscriptions Only"

Select the type of notification you would like to receive.

Discussions Subscriptions page showing the subscription options. A red box surrounds the "Default Notification Method" radial menu, with options for "Show notifications in minibar only," "Send me an instant notification", and "Include in my summary of activity"