Subscribing to a discussion thread

Question

How do you subscribe to a discussion thread?

Answer

For each discussion topic, in each of a user’s courses, users can elect to receive email notification alerts. For example, an instructor may want to receive an instant email alert whenever a student posts to a  discussion topic. Instructors may also decide to subscribe to a discussion topic for a specific period of time; for example, an instructor who is traveling may want to receive email alerts when students post in that week’s discussion assignment since s/he will have limited D2L access. In any case, it is not recommended to subscribe to all discussions for an entire course due to the excessive email volume that will follow.

1. Go to the Discussions page
2. Click on Subscribe within the drop-down menu to the right of the topic you wish to subscribe to
3. In the Customize Notifications window, specify whether you want to receive an email immediately after a post is made (click Send me an instant notification) or whether you want to receive an email once per day with a list of all posts that were made for the day (click Include in my summary of activity)
4. Click the Subscribe button
5. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to subscribe to other discussions
6. Alternatively, select a topic and click the Subscribe star icon below the topic title

For more information about Communication and Personal Tools, please view the full tutorial from the CTL here: D2L 3

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