Blackboard Ultra (Students) - Discussions: Respond to a Discussion Topic

To respond to a discussion topic from an instructor in a Blackboard Ultra course, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the course.
2. You can locate the Discussions in two ways:
   1. Review the Content page and locate the discussion topic to which you'd like to respond. Click on the title.
   2. On the horizontal navigation bar, click on the Discussions tab. Then locate and click on the title of the specific discussion to which you would like to respond.
      
      
3. Read the discussion topic and follow any instructions outlined by your instructor here. Be sure to answer all parts of multi-part questions!
4. Type your discussion topic response in the text box. 
   
   
5. (Optional) Insert a link into the discussion by clicking the Link button (chain link). This is the recommended path for sharing video. 
   
   
   
   
6. (Optional) Attach files to the discussion by clicking the Attachment button (paperclip).
   
   
   
   
7. Click Post to submit and post your response. Click Save Draft to save it and continue adding to it later.
   
   

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