Managing Comments in Your Membership Section

Managing Comments in Your Membership Section

When you're developing or teaching a course, obtaining real-time feedback from your students or participants is crucial. This feedback helps you assess the effectiveness of your course. Additionally, providing feedback to your students is vital for their growth and learning experience.

By incorporating comments into your membership section, you can cultivate an interactive and engaged learning environment. Let's explore how to effectively manage comments within your membership.

Part 1: Familiarizing Yourself with Each Feature

Begin by understanding the key features: enabled, hidden, and locked. This knowledge will help you decide what works best for Advisor's Growth.

• Enabled: Comments will be visible on the page, allowing students to view the thread and contribute their thoughts.

• Hidden: Comments will not be shown on the page, and existing comments will be concealed.

• Locked: Students will no longer be able to add new comments, but existing comments will remain visible, distinguishing it from the "hidden" option.

Part 2: Enabling, Hiding, and Locking Membership Comments

To enable comments for all lessons within a category:

1. Navigate to the Products tab.

2. Choose an existing product or create a new one.

3. Click on the Comments section.

4. Select the category for which you want to enable, hide, or lock comments.

To enable comments for selected lessons within a category:

1. Go to the Products tab.

2. Choose an existing product or create a new one.

3. Click on the Comments section.

4. Select the specific lessons where you want to enable, hide, or lock comments.

Part 3: Managing Your Comments

Step 1: Access the Comments Manager for Your Products

1. Navigate to the Products tab.

2. Click on Products.

3. Select Manage Comments to access your comments manager.

Step 2: Adjust Comment Visibility from "User Only" to "Public"

1. Within the comments manager, find the specific comment.

2. Use the drop-down menu to switch between "User Only" and "Public".

   • Public: The comment is visible to both the course creator and all students.

   • User Only: The comment is visible only to the course creator and the student who posted it.

Step 3: Delete and Restore Comments

• To delete a comment: Go to Products > Manage Comments, select the comment you wish to delete, and click Delete.

• To restore a deleted comment: Navigate to Products > Manage Comments, switch to the Deleted tab to view all deleted comments, select the one you want to restore, and click Restore.

Step 4: Change Comment Visibility Settings in Your Product

1. Open your product.

2. Select the Comments section.

3. Adjust the New Comment Privacy settings to Instructor Only, Public, or Both.

   • Instructor Only: Only the instructor can see comments.

   • Public: All users can see the comments.

   • Both: Both the poster and instructor can view the comment.