When accessing a discussion, you will find the prompt and all the responses that have already been posted. The order in which they are displayed on first access is chosen by the instructor, either with the newest entry first or the oldest. Each user can change this order by clicking the sort button.

To participate, simply write your text in the editor box and click Post.

You can also review messages sent by other participants and reply to them. New messages will have a colored pill with the text "NEW" on it. By clicking Reply just below the message, you will create a response to that specific message.

If there are multiple replies to a message, they may be collapsed. Clicking Show replies will expand them.

Above the discussion topic you can:

• Follow the discussion and receive notifications of new messages by clicking the bell. These notifications will appear in the activity stream.
• Edit the discussion topic by clicking the pencil.
• Refresh the view by clicking the arrows.

On the side, you can see the list of participants, along with the number of messages each has contributed as well as the replies they have received. Use the search box to find a specific user if the class is very large.

Click on one of them to filter the messages and see only those from that user.