Aside from using this feature in an intensive course, where being responsive to students\u2019 questions is even more time-sensitive than usual, it can also be helpful to enable subscriptions for forums such as \u201cQ&A\u201d or \u201cAsk Your Instructor” in any of your spring or fall course sites.<\/p>\n
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1) On your course site, go to the discussion board.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>2) Hover over the title of the discussion forum you’d like to enable Subscribe, click the downward arrow and select “Edit” from the menu.<\/p>\n<\/a>4) Here you can allow subscriptions to either the entire forum (recommended for Q&A forums, for example), or to specific threads within the forum. You can also choose to either include the body of the post in the email, or simply a link to that post.<\/p>\n<\/a>5) Back on the Forum page you will now see the option to Subscribe <\/b>on the banner above the list of threads. Make sure to click it to receive email notifications, and to let your students know about this option as well.<\/p>\n