diff --git a/client/src/services/socketio.js b/client/src/services/socketio.js
index 97be5dd7..256b3e0e 100644
--- a/client/src/services/socketio.js
+++ b/client/src/services/socketio.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import socketIOClient from "socket.io-client";
-
+// Controls reconnect attempts
 const io = socketIOClient(process.env.REACT_APP_SERVER_URL, {
   withCredentials: true,
   reconnectionAttempts: 1,
diff --git a/server/inquire/mongo.py b/server/inquire/mongo.py
index de6327eb..80741c50 100644
--- a/server/inquire/mongo.py
+++ b/server/inquire/mongo.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class UserCourse(EmbeddedMongoModel):
     nickname = fields.CharField(blank=True)
     color = fields.CharField(blank=True)
     role = fields.CharField(required=True)
+    viewed = fields.DictField(default={})
 
 
 '''
diff --git a/server/inquire/resources/comments.py b/server/inquire/resources/comments.py
index cb8873ee..0f77b0e7 100644
--- a/server/inquire/resources/comments.py
+++ b/server/inquire/resources/comments.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from inquire.mongo import *
 from inquire.socketio_app import io
 
+import datetime
 
 class Comments(Resource):
     @permission_layer(require_joined_course=True)
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ def get(self, courseId=None, postId=None):
         post = self.retrieve_post(postId)
         if post is None:
             return abort(400, errors=["Bad post id"])
+        # Marking that the current_user just viewed this post
+        if (course := current_user.get_course(courseId)) != None:
+            course.viewed[postId] = datetime.datetime.now()
+            current_user.save()
 
         return [self.serialize(comment) for comment in Comment.objects.raw({'postId': postId})]
 
diff --git a/server/inquire/resources/posts.py b/server/inquire/resources/posts.py
index a739dcd1..bb945e78 100644
--- a/server/inquire/resources/posts.py
+++ b/server/inquire/resources/posts.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 Last Modified Date: 03/12/2021
 '''
+import datetime
 from flask import jsonify, request, current_app
 from flask_restful import reqparse, Resource
 from inquire.auth import current_user, permission_layer
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ def post(self, courseId=None):
             return {"errors": str(exc)}
 
         result = self.serialize(post)
+        
+        # Marking that the creator of the post has viewed their own post
+        if (course := current_user.get_course(courseId)) != None:
+            course.viewed[result["_id"]] = datetime.datetime.now()
+            current_user.save()
+
+
         if not result['isPrivate'] and current_app.config['include_socketio']:
             current_app.socketio.emit('Post/create', result, room=courseId)
         return result, 200
@@ -239,6 +247,11 @@ def get(self, courseId=None):
 
         # Get the json for all the posts we want to display
         result = [self.serialize(post) for post in query]
+        # Setting "read" property of each post based on UserCourse.viewed dict
+        if (course := current_user.get_course(courseId)) !=None:
+            viewed = course.viewed
+            for post in result:
+              self.set_read(post, viewed)
 
         return result, 200
 
@@ -436,6 +449,23 @@ def serialize(self, post):
             self.anonymize_poll_content(post["content"])
         return result
 
+    def set_read(self, post, viewed):
+        """Modifies a dictionary representing a post by setting a new key-value
+        pair of either "read": True or "read": False depending on the contents
+        of the viewed dict.
+
+        Args:
+            post (dict): Dictionary representing a post
+            viewed (dict): Dictionary representing the last time a user viewed the comments on a post.
+            Keys are post id strings, values are datetime objects. If post id is not a key in the dict, 
+            the user has never viewed the post.
+        """
+        post_id = post["_id"]
+        if post_id in viewed and viewed[post_id] > post['updatedDate']:
+            post['read'] = True
+        else:
+            post['read'] = False
+
     def anonymize_poll_content(poll):
         for field_name in poll["fields"]:
             poll["fields"][field_name].pop("users")