Non-Product Discussions & Widget

Feature Description: 

New feature to allow users to engage in community discussions on specific topics across the LMS (Fig. 1). This can be used as a networking tool during virtual conferences or across the board to enhance the community and shared learning opportunities outside of products. The example below shows a variety of discussion topics can be set up.

Fig. 1- Discussion Widget, User View

Under Admin->Content Management, add "Discussions":

This will allow admins to create/edit/delete discussions that are not linked to a product or component, with similar options as Discussions for product. For now, default permissions are set so Guests and Logged In users "can see", but only Logged in Users "can comment". This can be further controlled by user type.

For now, default permissions are set so Guests and Logged In users "can see", but only Logged in Users "can comment". This can be further controlled by user type. 

New Type of Widget: Discussion:

To add the discussion you have just set up to a page, go to content management and add or edit a page. In page editors, add a new type of Widget "Discussion". The admin can choose one of the non-product discussions and the widget will show the discussion on that page (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2- Discussion Widget Management

Under Content Management->Discussions- create page, menu and link

After creating the discussion, the admin can utilize the page and menu wizard to automatically create a Page, menu item and or widget on a page linking to that newly created discussion (Fig. 3). 

Fig. 3- Create Page and Menu

Alternatively, you can manually add the grid image widget type to any page to select an image to link to your new discussion pages (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4- Widget Management