In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

Click the name of an announcement.

Each announcement displays a toolbar that allows you to view and navigate announcement replies [1].

Announcements include an announcement [2] and any announcement replies [3].

You can view the total number of replies and the number of unread replies [4].

You can receive notifications for announcement activity by subscribing to the announcement. To subscribe to an announcement, click the Subscribe icon [5]. You are automatically subscribed to any announcements you create or reply to. To unsubscribe, click the Subscribe icon again.

Note: Notifications from subscribed announcements are based on your notification settings.

To search for replies or specific authors, enter your terms in the Search field [1].

To filter replies, click the Filter drop-down menu [2]. You can filter by all replies or unread replies.

To sort replies by newest or oldest, click the Sort button [3].

In announcement replies, you can view the name of the user who posted the reply [1], the date and time their reply was posted [2], the date and time the reply was last edited [3], and the date and time the last threaded reply was posted [4].

Unread replies are indicated by the Unread icon [5].

If you allow users to like replies in an announcement, a Like icon and link display next to each reply [6]. To like a reply, click the Like link.

To mark an individual reply as read, click the Mark as Read link [7].

To view individual threaded replies, click the threaded reply link [1]. Then view the threaded reply [2].

By default, threaded replies display inline on the same page as the announcement. To view threaded replies in a split screen view, click the View Split Screen button [3].

To expand all threaded announcement replies, click the Expand Threads button [4].

To view the Options menu for a reply, click the Options icon [1].

To mark a reply as read, click the Mark as Read option [2].

To mark a reply and all its threaded replies as read, click the Mark Thread as Read option [3].

To mark a reply as unread, click the Mark Thread as Unread option [4].

To view the announcement, click the Go To Topic option [5].

To edit a reply, click the Edit option [6].

To reply by quoting the selected reply, click the Quote Reply option [7].

To delete a reply, click the Delete option [8].

To reply to an announcement, click the Reply button [1].

To reply to a reply, click the Reply link [2].