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A discussion is a conversation on a course: you post something, and students comment and reply. Students can start discussions too. The course’s Owner, Teachers and Assistants can post, reply and remove what doesn’t belong. For a one-way notice, post an announcement instead.

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Start one

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Start a new discussion

In the sidebar, choose Discussions, then New.
2

Choose the course and give it a title

Pick the Course, and enter a Title. A question works well, such as “Where have you seen attention fail in everyday life?”
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Choose what you’re sharing

  • Text: write what you want to say.
  • Photo: add up to 4 photos, with a Caption if you like.
  • Link: paste the Link, and add a Caption saying why you’re sharing it.
The New discussion form with a course, a question as the title, and Text chosen

A text discussion for Introduction to Psychology.

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Post it

Choose Post discussion. It opens, ready for comments.
A posted discussion page with its title, text, and an Add a comment box

The posted discussion, with comments below it.

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Comment and reply

  • To comment, type in Add a comment… and choose Post comment.
  • To answer a comment, choose Reply under it. To read the replies to a comment, choose View 2 replies (the number changes).
  • To change your own comment, use its ⋮ menu and choose Edit.

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Look after the conversation

Open the discussion and choose ⋮:
  • Mute notifications stops reply notifications for this discussion. Unmute turns them back on.
  • Edit changes the discussion. Only its author sees this.
  • Delete removes the discussion and all its comments.
You can delete any comment or reply from its ⋮ menu, including students’. Deleting a comment also removes the replies under it. None of this can be undone.

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Past discussions

When a course ends, its discussions move to the Past tab on Discussions. They’re read-only: nobody can comment or edit, but everyone can still read them.

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Troubleshooting

The list shows only published courses. Publish the course first.
Choose a course and enter a title. Then add what you’re sharing: some text, at least one photo, or a valid web address for a link.
The course is over. Start the conversation in this term’s course instead.

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Next

Post an announcement

Send a notice to everyone on a course.

Notifications

Choose what Lena tells you about.