When you create a thread, you have the option of marking it as "Public" or "Private". A public thread can be read by everyone enrolled in the course. A private thread can be read only by the person who created the thread and by the course instructors. In general, any thread in which you discuss all or part of your solution to an assignment, even if you are only speculating on possible solutions, should be marked as private. Questions about a specific grade that you received should be private. Everything else should probably be public.

The course instructors may, if they feel it appropriate, change private threads to public and vice-versa. They may alter or edit your posts to remove content that they feel should not appear in a public thread (e.g., code for solving part of an assignment).