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<\/a>This will take you to your Discussions List Page.<\/p>\nWhen you are all done carefully reading all of the posts, (or you have just clicked \u2018Mark All Read\u2019 because you want to get those dang notifications off of your D2L) click on the \u2018Done\u2019 button in the top right corner.<\/p>\n<\/a>This is something that many people find overwhelming initially but you don\u2019t have to fret, most of what has been changed about this page is to help you stay organized. If you collapse everything then you have the ability to look at just one discussion forum at a time.<\/p>\n<\/a>Now from there you can open one of the collapsed tabs and look at all the information within a single forum at a time.<\/p>\n<\/a>They have also made it easier for you to keep up with the updates that your classmates make to the post.\u00a0 Along with the description of each discussion, they now have three little display categories; \u2018Unread\u2019, \u2018Posts\u2019, and \u2018Views\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/a>If that is not enough by itself, on the right side of the page there are announcements on who last posted to the discussion and when.\u00a0 If you would like an update about these as soon as they happen, there is a little \u2018Subscribe\u2019 button with a star right above that.<\/p>\n<\/a>To check on all of your subscriptions, click on the \u2018Subscriptions\u2019 tab at the top of your screen<\/p>\n<\/a>When you would like to post to a discussion thread, click on it and you will be taken to the topic page.\u00a0 This is what you traditionally think of when you think of discussions.<\/p>\n<\/a>Here you can make your post and give your opinions and be on your merry way. You click on compose, you make your post and may subscribe to the thread from here if you so choose.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t ready to post you can save it as a draft. You can maybe even just scrap the whole thing and try again later if you are having an off day.<\/p>\n<\/a>You can add a file, but you don\u2019t have to. This could be useful in class if you are having a spirited discussion and you suddenly feel the need to post an article to prove your point. It could also be useful for posting appropriate reaction images to something that someone else said.<\/p>\n<\/a>That is all I have for you today! If you want more information about the Discussions page, watch our YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n