On the page, participants can: ‘Discussions’ Post a Comment Notification of the comment will be sent automatically to the discussion – initiator if a notification letter is selected on the Configure Discussion Forum Settings page in PolicyManager. View all other participants’ comments. On the page, the initiator of the discussion or an Editor with Manage Discussions permission ‘Discussions’ can: Post a comment View all participant comments Modify participant access to Reviews and Comments’ and Files’ ‘View ‘Download Remind a participant to post a comment (Send E-mail link) Add more participants to the discussion Conclude the discussion for the Submission. Once a discussion has been concluded, it no longer appears in the with Active Discussions’ folder. However, all ‘Submissions participants and the initiator have continued visibility to the entire discussion thread on the page via even after the discussion is closed. ‘Discussions’ ‘Details’, Re-open (initiate) a concluded discussion to continue the previous discussion or start another discussion for a new topic Editors with proper permission can also manage flags directly from the page ‘Discussions’ Note: The All’ button is located on the page to allow users to view all ‘View/Print ‘Discussions’ expanded posts. This also allows users to print the entire discussion, if desired. E-mail Letters can be configured to be sent for the following activities: An Editor is asked to join a discussion: Upon inviting Editors, the initiator has the opportunity to send out letters. A default letter may be selected in PolicyManager. A comment is posted: Each time a comment is posted by a participant, e-mail letters may be configured to be sent either to the discussion initiator only or to every active participant depending on the configuration of a journal by its administrators. A Submission can have only one discussion associated with it. If an Editor wishes to initiate a second discussion (i.e., another topic) for a particular Submission after the initial discussion has been concluded, the discussion can be re-opened with a different comment, and additional participants (or the same participants) can be invited to participate in the discussion. All of the comments and posts are stored in a single for that Submission, providing complete visibility to all comments in a single location. ‘stream’ Concluded discussion
On the ‘Discussions’ page, participants can: Post a Comment – Notification of the comment will be sent automatically to the discussion initiator if a notification letter is selected on the Configure Discussion Forum Settings page in PolicyManager. View all other participants’ comments. On the ‘Discussions’ page, the initiator of the discussion or an Editor with Manage Discussions permission can: Post a comment View all participant comments Modify participant access to ‘View Reviews and Comments’ and ‘Download Files’ Remind a participant to post a comment (Send E-mail link) Add more participants to the discussion Conclude the discussion for the Submission. Once a discussion has been concluded, it no longer appears in the ‘Submissions with Active Discussions’ folder. However, all participants and the initiator have continued visibility to the entire discussion thread on the ‘Discussions’ page via ‘Details’, even after the discussion is closed. Re-open (initiate) a concluded discussion to continue the previous discussion or start another discussion for a new topic Editors with proper permission can also manage flags directly from the ‘Discussions’ page Note: The ‘View/Print All’ button is located on the ‘Discussions’ page to allow users to view all expanded posts. This also allows users to print the entire discussion, if desired. E-mail Letters can be configured to be sent for the following activities: An Editor is asked to join a discussion: Upon inviting Editors, the initiator has the opportunity to send out letters. A default letter may be selected in PolicyManager. A comment is posted: Each time a comment is posted by a participant, e-mail letters may be configured to be sent either to the discussion initiator only or to every active participant depending on the configuration of a journal by its administrators. A Submission can have only one discussion associated with it. If an Editor wishes to initiate a second discussion (i.e., another topic) for a particular Submission after the initial discussion has been concluded, the discussion can be re-opened with a different comment, and additional participants (or the same participants) can be invited to participate in the discussion. All of the comments and posts are stored in a single ‘stream’ for that Submission, providing complete visibility to all comments in a single location. Concluded discussion
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