Participate in Workroom Discussions
In workrooms, if invited, you can respond to a discussion or add a new topic to a discussion. A preview of the discussions to which you have been invited also displays in the My Discussions section of the BoardEffect home page.
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System administrators activate the Discussions option in Workroom Settings and the members' user profile.
Respond to a discussion
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Select the relevant Workroom on the Navigation Bar, and then select the Collaborate tab . Next, select the Discussions collaboration tool.
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The discussions are organized on the following tabs: Open Discussions, Upcoming Discussions, and Closed Discussions. Select the name of relevant topic to view more details.
- Once the topic is open you can post a response. Topics are conversation threads that are part of the main discussion. To add a response, select +New Reply. A reply dialog displays.
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Enter your response in the Body section.
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To add an attachment to your response, select Browse. You can now upload a document from your computer.
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Select Save to finish adding the file.
Add a new topic
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To add a new topic to the discussion, select +New Topic. A new topic dialog displays.
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Enter a description in the required fields, including the topic Title and Body.
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To save the topic, select Submit. The topic now displays in Discussions on the workroom Collaborate tab . To open the topic, select the topic title.
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Members can see the number of replies associated with each topic.
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To attach a file to a topic, select the Attachment list tab on the topic page.
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Select Attach File. The Add file to topic dialog displays.
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Select Upload File to upload a file from your computer. Alternatively, select Resources to upload a file from the Resource Library in BoardEffect.
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In Title, enter a title for the attachment.
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Select Save to upload the attachment. The attachment now displays in Attachment List.
