How do I watch or subscribe to Discussions?

In order to stay notified of recent posts on a discussion, the Notifications option is helpful.

Note: New post notifications will be sent to the user's external/institutional email address, not via the Messages tool.

Go to Discussion.

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Select the Discussions tool from the Tool Menu of your site.

Click Notifications.

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Choose your notification preference.

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Select whether an email is desired for whenever a new message is posted on the Discussion, for every new message posted on a conversation that the user has contributed to, or to simply turn off all notifications. 

Click Save.

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