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title: "Message Center: Viewing Discussion Comments"
slug: "message-center-viewing-discussion-comments"
updated: 2022-03-11T21:51:17Z
published: 2022-03-11T21:51:17Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/message-center-viewing-discussion-comments"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Message Center: Viewing Discussion Comments

To view the comments in a discussion forum:

1. Click ![](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/message-center---viewing-discussion-comments-image-sz4wogl1.png) to view the Message Center.
2. Expand the **Subscribed** menu to view the course discussion forums to which you are [subscribed](/v1/docs/learner-interface-subscribing-to-a-course-discussion), or the **Discussions** menu to view [adhoc discussion forums](/v1/docs/adding-an-adhoc-discussion-forum) to which you have access. If you are subscribed to an instructor-led course's discussion and a discussion for a specific session, the session's start date displays in the menu.

![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/message-center---viewing-discussion-comments-image-8e4qx6i9.png)

If you selected the **Subscribed** menu, the number beside the discussion forum's name indicates the number of new (unread) comments.

1. Select the discussion forum. The selected forum is highlighted in the menu and its name displays at the top of the page. The comments for the forum display.

![Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/message-center---viewing-discussion-comments-image-hi98mvd2.png)

If you are not subscribed to a course's discussion forum, you can view the course forum's comments from the [learner interface's course details page](/v1/docs/learner-interface-course-details-discussion).

## Related

- [Discussion Forums](/discussion-forums.md)
- [Learner Interface: About Course Discussions](/learner-interface-about-course-discussions.md)
- [Learner Interface: Course Details, Discussion](/learner-interface-course-details-discussion.md)
- [Message Center: Adding a Discussion Comment](/message-center-adding-a-discussion-comment.md)
- [Message Center: Deleting a Discussion Comment](/message-center-deleting-a-discussion-comment.md)
- [Message Center](/message-center.md)