Discussion View
View Discussion
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00:07: How do I view discussions as a student? 00:10: In course navigation click the discussions link 00:14: Discussions are organized into three main areas. 00:18: Pinned discussions these are discussions that your instructor wants you to pay specific 00:22: attention to and appear at the top of the discussions page. 00:25: This section heading only displays if there are discussions within this section as designated 00:30: by your instructor. 00:32: Discussions these are current discussions within the course discussions 00:36: are ordered by most recent activity this section heading only displays 00:40: if there are discussions within this section. 00:44: Closed for comments these discussions have been manually closed for comments 00:48: or the discussion has passed the available from until date. 00:52: These are discussions that are only available in a read-only state and are ordered 00:56: by most recent activity this section section heading displays, 01:00: even if there are no discussions within this section. 01:04: Each discussion displays whether or not it is a graded discussion. 01:08: The name of the discussion and the date on which the last discussion reply was posted. 01:13: The due date if any 01:16: The number of unread total posts in the discussion 01:20: And whether or not you are subscribed to the discussion. 01:24: You can also view availability dates for individual discussions. 01:28: An unread icon next to a discussion indicates an unread discussion. 01:33: The number of unread total posts will not appear for group discussions and discussions 01:37: that have no discussion replies. 01:40: There will also be a peer-review icon if a graded discussion has been assigned peer 01:44: reviews. 01:46: The first dates you may see are the availability dates your instructor may use 01:50: availability dates to restrict discussion replies to a specified date range. 01:55: The availability dates are the range of time that the discussion is accessible to you. 01:59: Availability dates also appear on the assignments page for all discussions with a signed 02:04: availability dates. 02:06: If the discussion does not have a date listed the discussion is open. 02:09: You can reply to the discussion at any time during your course. 02:14: If the discussion says not available until date the discussion is locked 02:18: until the specified date. 02:21: If the discussion says available until date you can reply to the discussion 02:25: until the specified date. 02:28: If the discussion is in the closed for comment section the discussion cannot accept 02:32: submissions. Discussions in this section may show a was locked 02:36: at date to indicate when the discussion was closed for comments. 02:41: The second set of dates are the due dates for each respective discussion. 02:45: However, due dates only apply to graded discussions any replies 02:49: to discussions after the due date are marked as late some instructors May deduct 02:53: points for late replies. You can still reply to late discussion 02:57: before the available until date. Due dates also include 03:02: a time if your instructor does not set a due time the listed date 03:06: displays the courses default due time. 03:10: There are a few ways to filter discussions. 03:13: View all or only unread discussions by selecting an option from the drop-down 03:17: menu. 03:19: Search for a discussion by typing a discussion title a user name or 03:23: a keyword in the search field. 03:26: Start a new discussion by clicking the add discussion button Note some 03:30: instructors may choose to disable this option. 03:33: Change the discussion settings to manually Mark posts as read by clicking the settings 03:37: icon. 03:39: Click the name of a discussion 03:42: A discussion includes three sections the discussion toolbar discussion 03:46: topic and discussion replies 03:50: The discussion toolbar remains at the top of the discussion topic when you are viewing discussion 03:54: replies. 03:56: To search for replies or specific authors enter your terms in the search 04:00: field. To filter replies click the all drop-down menu. 04:04: You can filter by all replies or unread replies. 04:08: To sort replies by newest or oldest click the sort button. 04:13: To view threaded replies in a split-screen sidebar click the view split 04:17: screen button. 04:19: To view threaded replies all at once click the expand threads button. 04:24: You can collapse the threaded replies by clicking the collapse threads button. 04:29: To view threaded replies inline. Click the inline button. 04:33: If the discussion is an anonymous discussion a message displays noting that 04:37: your name and profile picture will be hidden from other course members. 04:42: The discussion topic section includes important information about the discussion including 04:46: the discussion title and description. 04:50: You can also view the name of the author user role labels for Tash and 04:54: teacher instructor roles the date and time. 04:56: The discussion was published due date the number of points possible and 05:01: number of replies. 05:04: To view the options menu for a discussion. Click the options icon. 05:08: To mark all replies as read click the mark all as read link. 05:13: To view the discussion rubric click the show rubric link 05:17: Discussion replies display below the discussion topic learn how to view 05:21: and sort discussion replies and Report discussion replies. 05:26: To view threaded replies options click the options icon. 05:29: You can Mark replies as read unread Mark 05:33: threaded replies as read unread return to the topic quote 05:37: the reply or report the reply. 05:41: When viewing split screen discussion thread replies, you can collapse and expand 05:45: the discussion thread replies sidebar. 05:48: When a discussion thread reply is collapsed you can view the reply indicators 05:52: showing the number of unread and total replies. 05:56: To expand the discussion thread replies sidebar click the hash of replies 06:00: link. 06:02: View the read and unread replies. 06:05: To view threaded replies options click the options icon. 06:08: You can Mark replies as read unread Mark 06:12: threaded replies as read unread return to the topic quote 06:16: the reply or report the reply. 06:20: To collapse the discussion thread reply sidebar. 06:22: Click the close icon. 06:25: If you are unable view responses from other students, you may be required to make a 06:29: reply before you can view them. Once you reply to the discussion any 06:33: other replies will be visible. 06:36: If a discussion is a group discussion, you will be directed to discussions in your 06:40: group. 06:42: When creating or editing discussion topics or replies you will enter and 06:46: edit your content using the rich content editor. 06:49: The rich content editor allows you to format text link text to 06:53: coerce or external content insert media and attach files. 06:59: The guide covered how to view discussions as a student.
A discussion includes three sections: the discussion toolbar [1], discussion topic [2], and discussion replies [3].
View Discussion Toolbar
The discussion toolbar remains at the top of the discussion topic when you are viewing discussion replies.
- To search for replies or specific authors, enter your terms in the search field.
- To filter replies, click the All drop-down menu. You can filter by replies or unread replies.
- To sort replies by newest or oldest, click the Sort button.
- To view threaded replies in a split screen sidebar, click the View Split Screen button.
- To view threaded replies all at once, click the Expand Threads button.
- You can collapse the threaded replies by clicking the Collapse Threads button.
- To view threaded replies inline, click the Inline button.
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