Hi Heather,
Yes, the D2L Brightspace Community is accessible to the general public, prospective and current D2L customers. Additional resources are available to registered community members, client and non-clients alike. See the https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4008-community-tour resource for additional details.
If you are looking for information relevant to the course level Discussion tool the following is a great resource to start with https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3454-create-discussion-forums-and-topics . The discussion tool may be available to you (dependant upon you role permissions in the course) in the SUNY brightspace environment in the course offering to which you have access.
Hope that helps!
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