diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
index 4607cc10c5..af896f6f80 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/forum/views.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from courseware.access import has_access
 from urllib import urlencode
 from operator import methodcaller
 from django_comment_client.permissions import check_permissions_by_view
-from django_comment_client.utils import merge_dict, extract, strip_none, strip_blank
+from django_comment_client.utils import merge_dict, extract, strip_none, strip_blank, get_courseware_context
 
 import json
 import django_comment_client.utils as utils
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ def render_discussion(request, course_id, threads, *args, **kwargs):
 
     annotated_content_info = reduce(merge_dict, map(infogetter, threads), {})
 
+    if discussion_type != 'inline':
+        course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'load')
+
+        for thread in threads:
+            courseware_context = get_courseware_context(thread, course)
+            if courseware_context:
+                thread['courseware_location']  = courseware_context['courseware_location']
+                thread['courseware_title']  = courseware_context['courseware_title']
+
     context = {
         'threads': threads,
         'discussion_id': discussion_id,
@@ -231,15 +240,23 @@ def single_thread(request, course_id, discussion_id, thread_id):
         category_map = utils.get_discussion_category_map(course)
         threads, query_params = get_threads(request, course_id)
 
-        recent_active_threads = cc.search_recent_active_threads(
-            course_id,
-            recursive=False,
-            query_params={'follower_id': request.user.id},
-        )
+        course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'load')
 
-        trending_tags = cc.search_trending_tags(
-            course_id,
-        )
+        for thread in threads:
+            courseware_context = get_courseware_context(thread, course)
+            if courseware_context:
+                thread['courseware_location']  = courseware_context['courseware_location']
+                thread['courseware_title']  = courseware_context['courseware_title']
+
+        #recent_active_threads = cc.search_recent_active_threads(
+        #    course_id,
+        #    recursive=False,
+        #    query_params={'follower_id': request.user.id},
+        #)
+
+        #trending_tags = cc.search_trending_tags(
+        #    course_id,
+        #)
 
         user_info = cc.User.from_django_user(request.user).to_dict()
         escapedict = {'"': '"'}
@@ -256,8 +273,8 @@ def single_thread(request, course_id, discussion_id, thread_id):
             'user_info': saxutils.escape(json.dumps(user_info),escapedict),
             'annotated_content_info': saxutils.escape(json.dumps(annotated_content_info), escapedict),
             'course': course,
-            'recent_active_threads': recent_active_threads,
-            'trending_tags': trending_tags,
+            #'recent_active_threads': recent_active_threads,
+            #'trending_tags': trending_tags,
             'course_id': course.id,
             'thread_id': thread_id,
             'threads': saxutils.escape(json.dumps(threads), escapedict),
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
index 373611380d..b0a570caad 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/utils.py
@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ def initialize_discussion_info(course):
         category_map['entries'][topic] = {"id": entry["id"],
                                           "sort_key": entry.get("sort_key", topic)}
 
-
     sort_map_entries(category_map)
-    #for level in category_map["subcategories"].values():
-    #    sort_map_entries(level)
 
     _DISCUSSIONINFO = {}
 
@@ -135,12 +132,15 @@ def initialize_discussion_info(course):
 
     _DISCUSSIONINFO['category_map'] = category_map
 
-    # TODO delete me when you've used me
-    #_DISCUSSIONINFO['categorized']['General'] = [{
-    #    'title': 'General',
-    #    'discussion_id': url_course_id,
-    #    'category': 'General',
-    #}]
+def get_courseware_context(content, course):
+    id_map = get_discussion_id_map(course)
+    id = content['commentable_id'] 
+    content_info = None
+    if id in id_map:
+        location = id_map[id]["location"].url()
+        title = id_map[id]["title"]
+        content_info = { "courseware_location": location, "courseware_title": title}
+    return content_info
 
 class JsonResponse(HttpResponse):
     def __init__(self, data=None):
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
index e970c2d6d0..7f0f6dba78 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/_discussion.scss
@@ -1074,6 +1074,12 @@ body.discussion {
       color: #888;
     }
 
+    .post-context{
+      margin-top: 20px;
+      font-size: 12px;
+      color: #888;
+    }
+
     p + p {
       margin-top: 20px;
     }
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
index 3959b336e4..0244895e1c 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
             <div class="post-body">
                 ${'<%- body %>'}
             </div>
+            ${'<% if (obj.courseware_location) { %>'}
+            <div class="post-context">
+                (this post is about <a href="../../jump_to/${'<%- courseware_location %>'}">${'<%- courseware_title %>'}</a>)
+            </div>
+            ${'<% } %>'}
+            <div class="post-status-closed" style="display: none">
+              This thread is closed.
+            </div>
             <ul class="moderator-actions">
                 <li style="display: none"><a class="action-edit" href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="edit-icon"></span> Edit</a></li>
                 <li style="display: none"><a class="action-delete" href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="delete-icon"></span> Delete</a></li>