# How do I subscribe to a discussion as a student?

You can subscribe to entire discussion threads in your courses and be notified when new comments are posted to the topic. If you reply to a discussion, you will automatically be subscribed to discussions and will be notified of updates unless you manually unsubscribed to that discussion. Please note that you cannot subscribe to individual threads within a threaded discussion.

You will automatically be subscribed to discussions you create in your [student groups](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-discussion-in-a-group-as-a-student/ta-p/350). You will also be subscribed to any new discussions you create in your course, if your instructor has set course permissions that allow you to do so.

**Notes:**

<div id="bkmrk-you-must-specify-you"><div>- You must specify your notification settings to receive updates for subscribed discussions.
- You cannot subscribe to a discussion if you're required to reply before viewing other replies and have not replied to the discussion. You must reply first and then subscribe to the discussion.

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<button class="embed-button">Embed this Video</button></div>## View Discussion Notification Settings

<div data-step-uuid="189d93e9-64ac-4b7a-8eda-c04dbce918e4" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="189d93e9-64ac-4b7a-8eda-c04dbce918e4"><div>![View Discussion Notification Settings](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/244/original/8cc6ffbb-0041-4d21-a6c1-232b6ead0783.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In [Notification Settings](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/How-do-I-manage-my-Canvas-notification-settings/ta-p/615326), you can change the method and frequency of subscribed discussion posts.

## Open Discussions

<div data-step-uuid="e010fb44-74b8-4479-84e1-c7d2d95d9c8e" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="e010fb44-74b8-4479-84e1-c7d2d95d9c8e"><div>![Open Discussions](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/246/original/eb4fb2f3-a376-4195-98e6-4b090689b669.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, open the **Discussions** link.

## Subscribe on Discussions Index Page

<div data-step-uuid="3555df74-a269-4cee-b109-a01409481526" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="3555df74-a269-4cee-b109-a01409481526"><div>[![Subscribe on Discussions Index Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/248/medium/afe1356b-fc3a-48e0-9f85-ce8e978b7557.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/248/original/afe1356b-fc3a-48e0-9f85-ce8e978b7557.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>You can subscribe to an entire discussion from the Discussions page. Locate the discussion you want to subscribe to and click the **Subscribe** icon.

The Subscribe icon will display solid green when you are subscribed.

### Unsubscribe on Discussions Index Page

<div data-step-uuid="3555df74-a269-4cee-b109-a01409481526" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="3555df74-a269-4cee-b109-a01409481526"><div data-step-uuid="842d538c-f470-4abf-becb-17b9f68bb449"><div>[![Unsubscribe on Discussions Index Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/250/medium/2f583430-9671-4234-82f6-e65530530340.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/250/original/2f583430-9671-4234-82f6-e65530530340.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To unsubscribe from a discussion, locate the discussion you want to unsubscribe from and click the **Subscribe** icon.

The Subscribe icon will display as an outline when you are unsubscribed.

## Subscribe within Discussion

<div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7"><div>![Subscribe on Discussions Index Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/252/original/b162d3db-5570-40cd-948d-d835ff2a8d81.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>You can also subscribe within a discussion. Click the title of the discussion you want to subscribe to.

### Subscribe to Discussion

<div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7"><div data-step-uuid="1bc5969f-3f98-42bf-8049-b8ba8e088e7c"><div>[![Subscribe to Discussion](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/254/medium/6abb91e9-5883-46a6-b60d-5307aaa4f844.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/254/original/6abb91e9-5883-46a6-b60d-5307aaa4f844.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Subscribe** icon.

The Subscribe icon will display solid green when you are subscribed to the discussion topic.

### Unsubscribe from Discussion

<div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7" id="bkmrk--5"><div data-step-uuid="79a9884c-8ce0-48e8-b3b0-0cfd0dfe6ae7"><div data-step-uuid="ff434159-a2ea-4ca8-ad2a-db56fe349ecd"><div>[![Unsubscribe from Discussion](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/256/medium/b45384ed-2657-4d0a-9856-e6b56d442f18.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/582/256/original/b45384ed-2657-4d0a-9856-e6b56d442f18.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To unsubscribe from a discussion, open the discussion and click the green **Subscribed** icon.

The Subscribed icon will display as a black outline when you are unsubscribed from a discussion topic.

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