How do I use My Feed in the Instructure Community?
My Feed provides a list of your most recent Instructure Community notifications and messages, trending and recent discussions, unanswered questions, and easy access to categories you follow.
View My Feed
When you are logged into your Instructure Community account, you can see the notification icon [1], inbox [2], and your profile picture [3].
Open Notifications
To open Notifications, click the notification icon [1]. You can view all your recent notifications on the homepage.
To set notification settings, click the Notification Preferences icon [2].
To view all notifications, click All Notifications [3].
To mark notifications as read, click Mark All Read [4].
View Notification Preferences
In Notification Preferences, you can choose to go back to your profile [1] and change the notification language settings. [2]
To change the notification language, click the Language drop-down menu [3].
You can also change notification preferences for your account [1], posts [2], followed categories [3], community task permissions [4], groups [5], and knowledge bases [6].
To add or remove a preference, click the checkbox [7].
View All Notifications
View All Notifications redirects you to your profile, where you can see all notifications along with their timestamps.
View Discussions
In your feed, you can view the Trending Discussions [1], Recent Discussions [2], and Unanswered Questions [3].
To bookmark a discussion, click the Bookmark icon [4].
To report a discussion, click the Report icon [5], or click Settings [6] and Report [8].
To mute a discussion, click Settings [6] and select Mute [7].
Open Messages
To check for any recent messages, click the Messages icon [1].
To write a new message, click the New Message icon [2].
To check your inbox, click All Messages [3].
Open Bookmarks
To open your bookmarks, click your profile picture [1] and click Bookmarks [2].
View Bookmarks
To remove a bookmark, click the Bookmark icon [1].
To mute a post, click Settings [2] and select Mute [3].
Open Drafts
To view your drafts, click your profile picture [1] and click Drafts [2].
Manage Drafts
The Manage Drafts section lets you view all the drafts you've created [1].
The Filter Results section lets you organize drafts by Date Updated [3] and Content Type [4].
To filter the From and To dates, click the Calendar icon [5] and select the dates you need.
To filter the Content Type, click the Content Type drop-down menu [6].
To remove any changes you've made to the filter, click Clear All [7].
To apply the changes you've made to the filter, click Filter [8].
Open My Posts
To view your posts, click your profile picture [1] and click My Posts [2].
View Followed Categories
In the My Followed Categories section, you can view new content added to areas of the Community in which you are subscribed.
Note: If you are not subscribed to any areas of the Community, content will not display on this section. Learn how to subscribe to content.
