Canvas – Discussions – About Discussions

Students and Instructors: Canvas provides an integrated system for class discussions, allowing both instructors and students to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired. Discussions can also be created as an assignment for grading purposes (and seamlessly integrated with the Canvas Gradebook), or simply serve as a forum for topical and current events. Discussions can also be created within student groups.

• Help students start thinking about an upcoming Assignment or class discussion.
• Follow-up on a conversation or questions that began in a face-to-face classroom.
• Test student comprehension of important points made in class.
• Debate contradictory ideas.
• Brainstorm different approaches to a class problem.

Note: Discussions are not the same as Announcements. Learn the difference between Announcements and Discussions.

Instructors – https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/c/23845​

How do I create a Discussion as an instructor?
How do I create a Group Discussion for my course?
How do I close a Discussion for comments in my course?
What is the difference between threaded and focused Discussions?
How do I assign a Graded Discussion to an individual student or course section?
How can I require students to post to a Discussion before they see replies?
How do I view and sort Discussion replies as an instructor?
How do I reply to a Discussion as an instructor?
How do I allow students to start a new Discussion?
What is a peer review Discussion?

Students – https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212/c/35110​

How do I view and sort Discussion replies as a student?
How do I create a Discussion as a student?
How do I reply to a Discussion as a student?
How do I mark Discussion replies as read or unread as a student?
How do I subscribe to a Discussion as a student?
What is a peer review Discussion?
How do I submit a peer review to a Discussion?