diff --git a/src/course-outline/page-alerts/PageAlerts.jsx b/src/course-outline/page-alerts/PageAlerts.jsx
index 4b0eb0dc78..3bb6d6f82f 100644
--- a/src/course-outline/page-alerts/PageAlerts.jsx
+++ b/src/course-outline/page-alerts/PageAlerts.jsx
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ const PageAlerts = ({
   const intl = useIntl();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const studioBaseUrl = getConfig().STUDIO_BASE_URL;
+  const discussionAlertDismissKey = `discussionAlertDismissed-${courseId}`;
   const [showConfigAlert, setShowConfigAlert] = useState(true);
-  const [showDiscussionAlert, setShowDiscussionAlert] = useState(true);
+  const [showDiscussionAlert, setShowDiscussionAlert] = useState(
+    localStorage.getItem(discussionAlertDismissKey) === null
+  );
   const { newFiles, conflictingFiles, errorFiles } = useSelector(getPasteFileNotices);
 
   const getAssetsUrl = () => {
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ const PageAlerts = ({
 
     const onDismiss = () => {
       setShowDiscussionAlert(false);
+      localStorage.setItem(discussionAlertDismissKey, 'true');
     };
 
     return (
@@ -386,9 +390,9 @@ const PageAlerts = ({
             key={msgObj.key}
           >
             {msgObj.title
-                && (
-                  <Alert.Heading>{msgObj.title}</Alert.Heading>
-                )}
+            && (
+              <Alert.Heading>{msgObj.title}</Alert.Heading>
+            )}
             {msgObj.desc && <Truncate lines={2}>{msgObj.desc}</Truncate>}
           </Alert>
         )