Community Groups: Is there a way to allow comments/discussions from parents?

Jennifer Miller
Jennifer Miller
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I've set up Community Groups for our Parent Association. The only users are parents. Is there any way for them to be able to leave comments or have discussions through the community group?

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  • Kristen Duval
    Kristen Duval
    Kudos 3 Second Anniversary Name Dropper Participant

    @Jennifer Miller
    I believe that the only way to do this is by using a Topic and adding the “Discussion” element to the community group. You might also consider using the “News” element and enabling Comments.

  • Jennifer Miller
    Jennifer Miller
    Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant First Anniversary

    @Kristen Duval
    Ahhh.. I added myself as a Leader and there are a few more options now. I now have the ability to allow comments on ‘News’.

    I would love to add Discussions to the Topic tab as we use News to send notifications. However, I don't seem to have that option. Do you have any extra guidance on how I might be able to enable that feature? I've come up empty on searches.

  • Kristen Duval
    Kristen Duval
    Kudos 3 Second Anniversary Name Dropper Participant

    @Jennifer Miller

    I misspoke! The “discussion” available in Topics isn't under elements/content types but rather up towards the top of the layout tab. Let me know if you're still not seeing it. I didn't think there was a way to turn off that specific option in topics, but I could be wrong!

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  • Jennifer Miller
    Jennifer Miller
    Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant First Anniversary

    @Kristen Duval
    Ahh.. thank you so much! It wasn't visible until I added a Topic. This should meet our needs really well. I appreciate your help.

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