Creating a Discussion in a Workspace

 

The workspace-level Discussions application displays discussions specific to the current workspace. If you have adequate permissions you can create a discussion from the workspace Discussion application.

To create a discussion:

  1. Navigate to the worikspace for which you want to create a discussion.
  2. On the Workspace Menu, click Discussions, then click List View.
  3. On the List View toolbar, click the Add icon. The Create New Discussion window opens.
    Note: If you do not see the Discussions option on the Workspace menu, the application is not available to you.
  4. Type a Topic for the discussion.
  5. Select a folder for the discussion from the Folder list.
    Note:
    If no folders have been created, the default General folder is your only option.  For details about application category folders, see Creating Folders.
  6. Type a discussion Message. This message is the beginning of the discussion and is what other team members will respond to.
  7. In the Notifications &Permissions section, select the team members who can view the discussion, and the team members to be notified that the discussion has been created.
    For more information, see About Notifications and Permissions.
  8. If you want to include a custom notification message, select Type Custom Notification Message and type the message in the Notification Message box.
    This comment is included in the notification that is sent to users selected in the Notifications & Permissions section.
  9. Click Save to save the discussion.

 

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