How do I add or remove a tag from a topic?

Tags are used to organize related topics. Instructors in the course can create tags, while any site participant can apply a tag to their new or existing topics. You can tag entire topics but not individual posts within topics.

If you haven't yet set up tags for your course, see How do I set up tags for my course in Conversations?.

Go to the Conversations tool.

Select the Conversations tool from the Tool Menu of your site. 

Adding a tag to a new topic

Click Create new topic.

Author the topic.

Image of the Add a new Topic area and topic configurations.

See How do I post a topic in Conversations? for the complete steps to posting a new topic.

Use the Tag topic menu.

  1. Open the Tag topic menu.
  2. Select a tag.
  3. Click Add.

Publish the topic.

Click Publish.

Adding a tag to an existing topic

Click on a topic.

Image of a post in the conversations area that a user has clicked on.

Click on an existing post in the conversations area of the page.

Click Edit.

  1. Click the Topic options menu icon in the topic area.
  2. Click Edit.

Use the Tag topic menu.

  1. Open the Tag topic menu.
  2. Select a tag.
  3. Click Add.

Publish the topic.

Click Publish.

Removing a tag

Click on a topic.

Image of a post in the conversations area that a user has clicked on.

Click on an existing post in the conversations area of the page.

Click Edit.

  1. Click the Topic options menu icon in the topic area.
  2. Click Edit. 

Click on the tag to remove it.

Click the remove icon.

Publish the topic.

Click Publish.