- Inside of your course, navigate to Discussions.
- In the top right corner, click on +Discussion.
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In the Title field [1], create a title for your discussion.
Use the Content Editor [2] to create content for your discussion. The Rich Content Editor includes a word count display below the bottom right corner of the text box [3].
If you want to create a section-specific discussion that is not graded, select one or multiple sections in the Post to drop-down menu [4]. Graded section-specific discussions must be created as part of the Graded option in the next section.
- To add an attachment to your discussion, click on Browse... and select the file you would like to attach.
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There are many options available for discussion posts:
By default, discussions are created as focused discussions. Make sure you check the allow threaded replies checkbox [1] unless you do not want replies to be organized under the posts class members are replying to.
To require users to reply to the discussion before they can see any other replies, click the Users must post before seeing replies checkbox [2].
To enable a discussion podcast feed, click the Enable podcast feed checkbox [3].
To allow students to like discussion replies, click the Allow liking checkbox [4].
To add an ungraded discussion to the student to-do list, click the Add to student to-do checkbox [5]. Student to-do items display in the course calendar, in the student-specific List View Dashboard, and in the global and course home page to-do lists. Graded discussions automatically display in a student's to-do list.
To make the discussion a group discussion, click the This is a Group Discussion checkbox [6].
To make your discussion available on a specific date or during a specific date range using availability dates, enter the dates in the Available From and Until fields [7], or click the calendar icons to select dates. If you create a graded discussion, the Available From and Until dates can be set in the Assign field. Before the Available From date, students will only be able to view the discussion title. After the Until date, students can view the discussion topic and all responses but cannot add or edit any responses.
- To create a graded discussion, click the Graded checkbox. Note: If you want to create a graded discussion and you have added sections in the Post To field, the Graded option will be unavailable. You must remove the sections from the Post To field before selecting this option. You will be able to add sections as part of the graded discussion options.
If this option is selected, additional options will be added to the page, where you can assign graded discussions to everyone, individual students, course sections, or course groups.
- If you are ready to publish your discussion, click the Save & Publish button [1]. If you want to create a draft of your discussion and publish it later, click the Save button [2].
