Discussions

Discussion encourages the exchange of opinions among students on various topics. Discussions can be created for point collection or to facilitate the exchange of ideas and problem-solving methods.

Getting Started with Discussions Menu

Go to the Discussions menu. It will appear as shown in the image.

The discussion menu will include these following sections:

1. You can choose to display all or only those that have not been read yet.

2. Use Discussions Search Box to search by topic or by the creator of the discussions.

3. The button or 'Create Discussions' button, the details of which will be explained in the following topic.
4. The 'Settings' button enables you to set permissions for creating, editing, and attaching files in student discussions.

5. The discussions page is divided into 3 formats:

   1. Pinned Discussions

   2. Discussions (all discussions)

   3. Close for Comments (discussions where commenting is disabled)

Creating Discussions

When click on the button, a window will appear. Fill in the details about the discussion you want to create, as shown in the image.

Discussion Settings

1. Discussion Topic

2. Discussion Content

3. You can choose to publish it to a specific Course or Section

4. Click to attach file into this Discussion

5. Option

   1. Allow threaded replies

   2. Users must post before seeing replies

   3. Enable podcast feed

   4. Graded (include this part in grading)

   5. Allow liking

   6. Add to student to-do (students must participate within a specified time)

6. Group Discussion

7. Set the date and time for opening/closing the discussion

8. Click Save & Publish

The Examples of Discussions

Editing Discussion Details

You can edit the details by clicking on the discussion title and selecting the 'Edit' menu. After that, click Save.

Discussion Management

You can manage discussions in 6 ways as follows:

1. Close for comments

2. Pin Discussion

3. Duplicate

4. Delete

5. Send to...

6. Copy to...

1. Close for comments and Open for comments

You can click on this menu to disable comments for students. When clicked, the discussion will be moved to the 'Close for Comments' section (Section 3) as shown in the image. You can also enable comments by clicking the same button.

2. Pinned and Unpinned

You can pin discussions that are of interest. Pinned discussions will be in the first section of the discussions page. Additionally, you can unpin them by clicking the same button.

3. Duplicate

You can easily duplicate your discussion without creating a new one by clicking the 'Duplicate' button. The duplicated discussion will appear below the original discussion and will have 'Copy' after its title.

4. Delete

You can delete unwanted discussions by clicking the 'Delete' button.

5. Send to..

You can send the discussion to the person you want, whether it's to an individual student or other co-instructors.

6. Copy to..

You can copy the discussion to other courses you want without creating a new discussion. You can also choose where to place the discussion within the course.