diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
index b429ce3e63..d46304d5e1 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
       @vote()
     else
       @unvote()
+    false
 
   toggleFollowing: (event) ->
     $elem = $(event.target)
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
index 0dbddab7ba..13224c4620 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ class @ResponseCommentView extends Backbone.View
   template: _.template($("#response-comment-template").html())
   render: ->
     @$el.html(@template(@model.toJSON()))
+    @$(".timeago").timeago()
     @
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
index 5d531a2c18..6d0c497567 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 class @ThreadResponseView extends Backbone.View
   tagName: "li"
   template: _.template($("#thread-response-template").html())
+  events:
+      "click .vote-btn": "toggleVote"
   render: ->
     @$el.html(@template(@model.toJSON()))
+    if window.user.voted(@model)
+      @$(".vote-btn").addClass("is-cast")
+    @$(".posted-details").timeago()
     @renderComments()
     @
 
@@ -12,4 +17,34 @@ class @ThreadResponseView extends Backbone.View
   renderComment: (comment) =>
     view = new ResponseCommentView(model: comment)
     view.render()
-    @$(".comments").append(view.el)
+    @$(".comments li:last").before(view.el)
+
+  toggleVote: ->
+    @$(".vote-btn").toggleClass("is-cast")
+    if @$(".vote-btn").hasClass("is-cast")
+      @vote()
+    else
+      @unvote()
+    false
+
+  vote: ->
+    url = @model.urlFor("upvote")
+    @$(".votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".votes-count-number").html()) + 1)
+    DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
+      $elem: @$(".discussion-vote")
+      url: url
+      type: "POST"
+      success: (response, textStatus) =>
+        if textStatus == 'success'
+          @model.set(response)
+
+  unvote: ->
+    url = @model.urlFor("unvote")
+    @$(".votes-count-number").html(parseInt(@$(".votes-count-number").html()) - 1)
+    DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
+      $elem: @$(".discussion-vote")
+      url: url
+      type: "POST"
+      success: (response, textStatus) =>
+        if textStatus == 'success'
+          @model.set(response)
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html b/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
index 0c7c557150..38c742e221 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/single_thread.html
@@ -127,13 +127,23 @@
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/template" id="thread-response-template">
+  <header>
+  <a href="#" class="vote-btn" data-tooltip="vote"><span class="plus-icon"></span><span class="votes-count-number">${"<%= votes['up_count'] %>"}</span></a>
+    <a href="#" class="posted-by">${"<%= username %>"}</a>
+    <p class="posted-details" title="${'<%= created_at %>'}">Sometime</p>
+  </header>
   <div class="response-body">${"<%= body %>"}</div>
   <ol class="comments">
+    <li>
+      <form class="comment-form">
+        <input type="text" placeholder="Comment…" class="comment-form-input">
+      </form>
+    </li>
   </ol>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/template" id="response-comment-template">
-  <p>${'<%= body %>'}</p>
+    <p>${'<%= body %>'}<span class="posted-details">–posted <span class="timeago" title="${'<%= created_at %>'}">sometime</span> by <a href="#">${'<%= username %>'}</a></span></p>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/template" id="thread-list-item-template">
@@ -141,13 +151,14 @@
 </script>
 
 <script>
-    $$contents = {}
-    $$discussions = {}
+    $$contents = {};
+    $$discussions = {};
+    $$course_id = "${course_id}";
     $(document).ready(function() {
         window.user = new DiscussionUser(JSON.parse("${user_info | escapejs}"));
         var discussion = new Discussion(JSON.parse("${threads | escapejs}"));
 
-        var app = new DiscussionRouter({discussion: discussion})
-        Backbone.history.start({pushState: true, root: "/courses/${course_id}/discussion/forum/"})
+        var app = new DiscussionRouter({discussion: discussion});
+        Backbone.history.start({pushState: true, root: "/courses/${course_id}/discussion/forum/"});
     });
 </script>