Discussions
Your instructor may create discussions in your online classes to provide a space for you to contribute to class conversations with your classmates. For instance, you may be asked to respond to course content and assignments, work with classmates in assigned groups, and ask your instructor questions about course material. Contact your instructor for guidance.
Post a thread in a Discussion topic
Review this video to learn how to create a thread in Discussions.
- When logged into D2L Brightspace, navigate to your class.
- From your course navigation bar, select Communication > Discussions.
- Click on the discussion topic (a blue clickable link) to review it.
- To create your own post, click Start a New Thread.
- To reply to someone else’s post, click its title to view it. Then click Reply to Thread.
- In your post or reply, enter your response.
Note: The Insert Image icon is for image files only. To add an attachment to a post, click the Show Attachments link, click Upload, and then select the file you want to attach.
- Click Post when finished.
What does ‘access restricted’ or ‘submission restricted’ mean when I’m posting?
When posting a discussion topic, students may see ‘access restricted’ or ‘submission restricted’ with dates. These terms are intended to make it easier to understand when you can access or submit to a discussion topic. Check out this 2 minute video available at MediaSpace.
Mark threads and replies as read in Discussions
Once a discussion gets going, new posts can come in very quickly. Learn more about discussions in this MediaSpace video playlist.
When using the Reading View, discussion posts are marked as read after a few seconds on the page. It does take 2-3 seconds to mark them as read. We recommend viewing the 4 minute video on how to auto mark messages as read in Discussions.