Creating Discussions
Discussions...a community of conversation!
Announcements are intended for broadcasting information while Discussions are designed for participating in a public conversation. Discussions are typically used to stimulate conversation around course topics and also as forums for getting help or interacting with classmates.
Discussions may be simple or intricate depending on the content you add. It could be as minimal as asking students to reply in writing to a discussion question or having them watch and respond to an embedded video or even recording an audio/video response of their own. Writing engaging and relevant discussion prompts will keep your students interested and active in your course.
In addition to participating in course discussions, students may also be allowed to create new discussion topics of their own. If you prefer not to allow students to do this, you may remove this option in your course settings.
Learning Resources:
Explore the Guides links below. Each link will open in a new tab. You can return to Canvas by clicking on the Canvas tab in your browser.
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- What are Discussions? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a discussion as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a discussion in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a discussion in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delay posting a discussion until a specified date in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to attach files to a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to create a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I use Draft State in Discussions? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to a Discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I pin a discussion in a course? Links to an external site.
After exploring the Guides link, return to Canvas and click the "Next" button at the bottom right of the page to move to the next section of the module.