---
title: "Participate in discussions"
slug: "participate-in-discussions"
tags: ["Participant", "Explainer", "Totara Engage"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:53Z
canonical: "totara.help/participate-in-discussions"
---

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

# Participate in discussions

Members of a [workspace](/19/docs/what-are-workspaces) can review a list of [discussion](/19/docs/what-are-discussions) threads posted to the workspace on the **Discuss** tab. Each discussion will display the following information:

- **Discussion poster**: The user who posted the discussion will be displayed, with their name and profile picture linking to their profile page
- **Timestamp**: Shows when the discussion was posted
- **Content:** The discussion content posted by the user
- **Likes and comments**: The number of likes and comments from workspace participants

On the discussion tab each card will only show an excerpt of the discussion text. To see the entire post you can click the icon of three dots (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1632841686076.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T16%3A00%3A30Z&se=2026-11-01T17%3A00%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=vuXVfjrtFSmp22Cf%2BmyYZoQVQJbO9NYZW66UxyJxH0w%3D)), then **View full discussion**. Workspace members can also select **Copy link** from the same menu to copy the URL of the post.

Other users can comment on the original post by clicking the **Comment** button, or reply to other users' comments by clicking **Reply**. By default, replies to comments will be hidden, but can be revealed by clicking **Show replies**. Once there are several comments on a discussion, only the most recent comment will be displayed. You can either click **View earlier comments** to expand the comments on the **Discuss** tab, or **View full discussion** to see the discussion in full. Members of the workspace can also [like](/19/docs/likes-and-comments-1) the discussion as a whole or individual comments within it, showing that they enjoy or appreciate the content.

![A discussion post with multiple comments.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1639566416666.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T16%3A00%3A30Z&se=2026-11-01T17%3A00%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=vuXVfjrtFSmp22Cf%2BmyYZoQVQJbO9NYZW66UxyJxH0w%3D)

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Join the conversation on [workspaces](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=891) in the Totara Community.

The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to using [Workspaces in Totara](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=891). Here you can find out more about setting up and using workspaces, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.

Join the [Totara Community](https://totara.community/) for more resources to help you get the most out of Totara.

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