Communicate and collaborate with forums guide

All users can favourite discussion topics in a Forum. If you are a staff member and want to highlight a topic for all participants, pin a discussion instead.

There are two ways to favourite a topic.

1. Select the star icon on the left of the topic.
2. Select the three dots to the right of the discussion and select Star this discussion. 

Once you have starred a discussion, the star icon will turn from white to red. The discussion will appear at the top of the forum, under any pinned discussions.

To unfavourite, select the star again, or select the three dots and select Unstar this discussion.

Staff can lock a discussion to prevent any further replies.

1. Open the Forum.
2. Select the three dots to the right of a discussion and select Lock this discussion.

The discussion will be marked as Locked. To unlock a discussion, select the three dots and select Unlock this discussion.

Select any of the headings on the Forum to sort in ascending or descending order.

You can sort by:

• Discussion: Sort by discussion title.
• Started by: Sort by the name of the person who started the discussion topic.
• Last post: Sort by date and time the last discussion that was replied to.
• Replies: Sort by the number of replies to a discussion.

   

Pinned and starred discussions stay at the top of the list when the rest of the Forum is sorted. An arrow is shown next to the heading of the column you’ve sorted by.

1. Open the Forum.
2. Open a discussion topic.
3. Select Display replies in threaded form from the display replies drop-down menu.

The discussions and replies to specific replies are displayed below each other. You can track all the replies to a discussion topic. To read the text of the replies, select the title of the reply.

1. Open the Forum.
2. Open a discussion topic.
3. Select Display replies in nested form from the display replies drop-down menu.

The text of each reply is displayed. The replies and replies to specific replies are displayed below each other, and indented. You can track and read all the replies to a discussion topic.

The experimental nested discussion view is more minimalist and removes the boxes around discussions. To select this view, you must first enable the option in your personal preferences.

1. Select your profile picture at the top right of the screen to open the user menu.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Choose Forum Preferences.
4. For the option Use experimental nested discussion view select Yes.
5. Select Save changes.
6. Open the Forum.
7. From the drop-down menu above the discussions, select Display replied in experimental nested form.