In a forum, you can post comments to discussion topics that you or your instructor have started. Once a discussion is started, you and your instructor can both post responses to each other’s comments.
- From the course page, click on the Forum (
) to go to the forum listing. - You will see discussion topics listed along with the name of the person who started them, the number of replies there have been, and the time of last post. Click the topic’s name in the
column to see the posts in that thread. - Once viewing the discussion, you will see users’ individual posts. To reply to someone’s post, click the
link to the lower-right of the post. - Enter a
and a 
. You can use the 
drop-down to select whether you’re notified about new posts in the discussion thread, and you can drag and drop files to the 
area to add them to the topic. - Click
when done. You will have thirty minutes to edit your post. - Your instructor may allow students to start their own discussion threads. If so, you can do so by clicking
and filling out the message the same way you would for an ordinary post.