The Discussions tool is used for asynchronous discussions for any type of course. These interactions don’t need to take place immediately or in person but provide space online for students to have group discussions or to engage with their peers who may not be able to attend a live session. Discussion posts can be graded and will appear in the gradebook.
Creating Discussions
- Creating Discussion Forums
- Creating Discussion Topics
- Creating Threads and Replies
- Restrict a Forum or Topic to Specific Groups
- Create a Group Thread in an Existing Topic
Managing Discussions
- Reading View versus Grid View (for viewing Topics) (PDF)
- Moving Topics and Threads (to other Forums and Topics) (PDF)
- Editing a Post (PDF)
- Deleting Posts and Replies (PDF)
- Saving Discussion Postings (PDF)