Discussions (Instructors)

Discussions are used within Canvas for students to communicate with one another in collaborative ways. The possibilities within Discussions are that they can be whole-class or group-based (small-group) and have initial and/or reply posts.

Discussion Tool Bar Features

The features while viewing and interacting with Discussions are as follows:

• Search for keywords or by author

• Filter by All or Unread replies

• Sort by oldest or newest

• View Split Screen to view threaded replies in a split screen alongside the whole discussion

• Expand Threads to expand or collapse all threaded replies

• View Inline to view all of the replies within a thread

• Group List icon that allows you the ability to view just replies from specific groups at a time

Resources

If you’re curious what your students see, reference this Discussions (Students) article that is student-facing. If you would like to see Canvas' documentation directly, you can find that at How do I use Discussions Redesign as an instructor? (once on this page there are other questions from the Instructor Guide to view related to Discussions Redesign).