Searching D2L Discussion Forum Messages

1. From the D2L Course Home page, click on [Discussions] in the main navigation bar
2. Click on the desired topic in the “Forums & Topics List”
3. Click on “Show Search” just below the dark gray bar. A search box will appear
below it.
4. Type the words you wish to find in the “Search for” text box, and click on [Search].
Note: The default searches only the Subject and Body of messages in the selected
topic.
5. OPTIONAL: Click on [Show Search Options] to choose other variables, then click on
[Search].
6. OPTIONAL: Click on [Clear Search] to view the entire topic message list again.
7. OPTIONAL: Click on [Hide Search] to remove the "search" text box.

D2L 9.4.1 – January 2012

Discussions: Incorrectly formatted HTML = 500 error

Problem: When an administrator, instructor, or student selects "Discussions" from the navbar of a particular course site, a 500 error is triggered.

Solution: An incorrectly formatted HTML link in one of the forum descriptions caused the error to be displayed on the page. Top-tier support administrator removed the bad code from the link, and now the Discussions page loads normally.

Pending: We've asked whether there is a link that might enable a local Site Administrator to resolve the issue without higher-level support intervention.