Create Group Discussions with CommunityAlly in AccessAlly

In this article you’ll learn how to create discussions in a CommunityAlly group. Discussions are great for breaking larger groups into smaller more targeted segments.

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Discussions Tab

Admin View of Discussions Tab

This is the admin view of discussions in CommunityAlly.

As an admin you can:

1. See the discussions tab
2. Create new discussions
3. View discussions
4. Edit and delete discussions
5. Copy the discussion shortcode for use on pages in the site

Single Discussion Admin View

Upon clicking the discussions tab this is what a site admin sees.

1. Place to leave a reply with option to add a single image or file.
2. Current discussions can @tag members, favorite, edit or delete (all comments)

Member View of Discussions Tab

This is the member view of discussions in CommunityAlly.

Members can:

1. See the discussions tab
2. View and reply to discussions

Single Discussion Member View

Upon clicking the discussions tab this is what a member sees.

1. Place to leave a reply with option to add a single image or file.
2. Current discussions can @tag members, favorite, edit or delete (comments they’ve added)

Discussion Shortcode

As a site admin you can copy and paste the discussion shortcode to any page on your site. This is helpful for creating discussions that go with a page in your offering.

Copy shortcode option shown via the discussion tab

Copy shortcode option shown via the shortcode generator

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