Relevant to: students
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Introduction
All users can use the subscription feature in Brightspace to receive notifications any time new threads are posted to a Discussion Topic or a Discussion Thread.
Subscribe to a Discussion Forum or Topic
The following steps will demonstrate how to subscribe to a Discussion Forum or a Discussion Topic.
- Click Course Menu then Discussions from the navigation bar.
- The Discussion list page will load. Select the dropdown arrow to the right of the title of the Discussion Forum or Discussion Topic.
- Click Subscribe from the dropdown menu.
- A popup window with notification options will open. Select a notification method option:
- Show notifications in minibar only: Receive no email notifications but have alerts for new posts show up in the update alerts in D2L, which are displayed in the top menu of the D2L home page.
- Send me an instant notification: Receive a separate email notification for each post or reply to a thread.
- Include in my summary of activity: Receive a daily summary of all posts to a forum or topic.
- Click Subscribe.
Updating Brightspace Instant Notification Settings
If Send me an instant notification was selected above (step 4b), the Brightspace Instant Notification settings will likely need to be adjusted.
- Click your name in the mini navbar in the upper right corner of the screen.
- In the dropdown menu, click Notifications.
- Navigate to the Instant Notification options and click the box in the Email column next to "Discussions – new post in a forum, topic, or thread that I subscribed to in instant notifications."
- Click Save.