Friends

Overview

Learning is more fun with friends!

You can add other users on the platform to your list of friends. Adding users to your friend circle makes it easier to communicate with your peers and share information.

To view which users are currently a part of your friend's circle:

Click Users from the primary navigation menu.
Click My circle from the flyout menu.
Click Friends.

Users, My circle section with the Friends tile highlighted

To send a message to friends, select them and then click Message.

Users, Friends page showing a friend selected in the list and the Message button highlighted

To remove friends, select them and then click Remove.

Users, Friends page showing a friend selected in the list and the Remove button highlighted

To find users, click the search icon.

Users, Friends page showing the search button highlighted

To add a new filter or select one of your saved filters, click on Filter icon

Users, Friends page showing the filter button highlighted and the search area open

To create a new filter,

Click New filter.
Select an attribute such as name, group, city or other account details.
Select equals, contains, in or not in.
Enter a value.
Click the + icon.

Friends page showing a new filter and the fields that can be used

Adding Friends

To add a friend, visit the user's profile page and then click Add friend.

When someone requests you as a friend, you receive a notification message.

Notification drop-down open and showing a friend request notification

To accept or ignore friend requests, click the link in the message.

Cropped view of the Notification pop-up showing the friend request moderation link highlighted

Then click Accept or Ignore for each request.

You can also view the user’s profile before accepting/ignoring their request by clicking See profile.

The friend request(s) will also be displayed in the To-do widget in the right panel of the home dashboard.