Feeds are dedicated spaces inside your Academy where Admins publish updates, announcements, prompts, and discussion posts for Members to react to and comment on.
Overview
Each Feed you add appears as its own app in the left navigation and opens into a running list of posts. Feeds can live at the Academy level for site-wide updates, or inside a specific Program for targeted conversations with enrolled Members. When you create a Feed, you control two things separately: who can access it and who can publish in it. That makes Feeds flexible enough for one-way announcements, open discussion spaces, or targeted cohort conversations.
Add a Feed
You add Feeds from the left navigation of either your Academy or a specific Program.
- Click the + icon in the left navigation.
- Select Add app.
- Choose Feed.
- Set the icon, Title, section placement, and a description for the Feed.
- Configure who can access the Feed and who can post in it (see the next section).
- Click Complete setup.
You land on the Feed dashboard, where you can create your first post and see pinned posts listed on the right.
Set access and posting permissions
Each Feed has two permission settings, configured independently when you create or edit the Feed.
Access controls who can see the Feed app in the navigation. Choose between:
- All Members (default): every Member of the Academy or enrolled in the Program
- Private: specific custom or system groups, or specific Members you select
Posting controls who can publish a post. Choose between:
- Admins and Owners only
- Everyone who can access the Feed
- Custom: specific groups (custom or system) or specific Members
You can update both settings later by editing the Feed. If an Admin finds they can no longer post in a Feed they used to post in, check the posting permissions first. They may have been set to a group or member list that excludes them.
Create a post
Open any Feed and click the Share a post field at the top to open the post modal.
- Add a Title and Body. Both are required.
- In the header dropdown, confirm which Feed the post will publish to. You can switch to any Academy-level or Program-level Feed you have permission to post in.
- Toggle comments on or off using the control next to the close icon.
- Click Post in the bottom right to publish.
The post editor supports rich content. Use the + icon in the footer to embed:
- Events, Programs, Content, Surveys, or Pathways
- Images placed at your cursor position
- Buttons, videos, audio, or polls
- AI-generated copy via Write with AI, where you enter a prompt and drop the result into the body
- File attachments via the paperclip icon
Schedule a post
Scheduling is available only in Program-level Feeds. Create your post as usual, then click the dropdown arrow next to the Post button and select Schedule.
- Review the email body preview.
- Choose the Date and Time you want the post to publish. Time uses your local time zone.
- Update the Email subject if you want a different line in the notification email.
- Click Send preview to email yourself a test, or click Schedule to queue the post.
When the scheduled time arrives, the post publishes to the Feed and sends the notification email in one step.
Manage scheduled posts
You can view, edit, or cancel a scheduled post from the Feed it is queued in.
- Open the Feed.
- Under the Share a post field at the top, look for the line that reads You have [N] scheduled posts.
- Click that link to open the scheduled posts drawer.
- Click the three-dot overflow icon on any card to Edit or Delete it.
Editing a scheduled post opens the same flow as creating one, with one exception: you cannot change which Feed the post publishes to. Click Next after updating the body to adjust the scheduled date, time, or email subject, then click Save.
Deleting a scheduled post removes both the queued schedule and the post content.
Manage published posts
Every published post has a three-dot overflow menu in the top right. Click it to:
- Pin the post, which adds it to the pinned posts sidebar on the Feed dashboard
- Share a direct link to the post
- Edit the post (if you own it)
- Delete the post
- Flag the post if it violates Academy guidelines
Flagging is a manual review tool. Admins find posts themselves and mark them as flagged. Disco does not filter posts automatically based on keywords.
Members click a post title to open it in a drawer, where they can read the full body, react, and leave or edit comments.
Add a Feed block to a dashboard
You can surface posts on any Academy or Program dashboard using the Feed block.
- Open the dashboard and click Add block.
- Choose Feed from the Add new block modal.
- Select a format: Carousel or Scrollable.
- Optionally edit the block title, enable Hide on mobile, or (for carousel) enable Show post cover image. Both toggles are off by default.
Only one Feed block can be added per dashboard. On an Academy dashboard, the Feed block aggregates posts from every Feed across the Academy.
We recommend creating one Academy-level Feed for announcements that should reach everyone, and separate Program-level Feeds for each cohort or course where you want focused discussion. This keeps site-wide updates from drowning out program-specific conversations, and it lets you use scheduling inside the Programs where it matters most.
FAQ
How do I pin a post? Click the three-dot overflow icon in the top right of the post and select Pin. Pinned posts appear in the pinned posts sidebar on the Feed dashboard.
Can I have more than one Feed? Yes. You can add multiple Feeds at the Academy level and inside each Program. Each Feed has its own access and posting rules.
Does a scheduled post also send an email when it publishes? Yes. When you schedule a post, you can preview and customize the email subject on the schedule screen. At the scheduled time, the post publishes to the Feed and the notification email goes out to Members.
Can I change the sender name on the announcement email? Not at this time. Emails currently send from your Academy name, and there is no field to set it to a personal name like Renee Farrow or Renee at Academy. This has been logged with the product team as a feature request.
Why can’t another Admin post in a Feed I created? Posting permissions are set per Feed. Edit the Feed and check the Posting setting. If it is set to a custom group or member list that does not include the Admin, add them to the list or switch the setting to Admins and Owners only.
Can I move a post from one Feed to another? Not currently. Posts stay in the Feed where they were originally published. If you need the content in a different Feed, copy it into a new post and delete the original.
How do I moderate a post I find inappropriate? Open the post’s three-dot overflow menu and select Flag. Flagging is manual, so Admins review the Feed and flag posts themselves. There is no automatic keyword filter.
Can Members comment and react on every post? Yes, unless the author disabled comments when creating the post. Members click into a post to open the drawer, then react or leave a comment. They can also edit or delete their own comments from there.
What can I embed in a post body? Events, Programs, Content, Surveys, Pathways, images, buttons, videos, audio, and polls. You can also attach files with the paperclip icon and use Write with AI to generate copy from a prompt.
Can I move a Feed block or add more than one per dashboard? Only one Feed block is allowed per dashboard. On an Academy dashboard, that single block aggregates posts from every Feed across the Academy. 
