Creating Discussions
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Creating Discussions
Discussions are a great way for students to continue conversations or in depth dialogs outside of the set classroom time. Discussions can also be created as an assignment for grading purposes (and seamlessly integrated with the Canvas Gradebook), or simply serve as a forum for topical and current events.
To create a discussion:
To learn more about discussions, check out the resources below:
- What are Discussions? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a discussion in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a discussion in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I close a Discussion for comments in my course? Links to an external site.
- What is the difference between Announcements and Discussions? Links to an external site.
- What is the difference between threaded and focused Discussions? Links to an external site.
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