A: Besides having students answer teacher-posted questions, students can also respond to one another in an online environment. Discussions can be used as graded assignments for the course, ways to gather data, feedback and gain insight into current student understanding. They are also a good way to see progress and growth as students move throughout the course.

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Other frequently asked questions:

Q: What is a Discussion?

A: Discussions in Canvas are a place where threaded discussions/ conversations related to course content can take place.

Q: Who uses Discussions?

A: Teachers can create, respond to and edit discussions. Students can comment, reply, respond and add to discussions. Teachers have the ability to edit and/ or remove student responses if they feel they are not appropriate, correct or relevant to the conversation or class.

Q: Where are Discussions located?

A: Canyons District has placed Discussions within the Modules themselves and this is where students would locate them.

Q: When are Discussions used?

A: Discussions can be used as a way to gather data/ feedback and as a graded assignment. Teachers have the option to require student answers/ comments in discussion format and can post their own questions or even links for students to follow.

Browse Videos on Discussions Tutorials from Canvas

What are Discussions?
How do I use the Discussion Index Page?
How do I pin a Discussion on the Index Page?
How do I close a Discussion for comments?
How are new Discussions different from old Discussions?
What is the difference between Announcements and Discussions?
When would I use Threaded Discussions?
When would I use Focused Discussions?
How do I create varied due date Graded Discussions?
How do I start a Discussion?
How do I edit a Discussion topic?
How do I create a Threaded Discussion?
How is a Threaded Discussion organized?
How do I delete a Discussion topic?
How do I set up a graded Discussion?
How do I set up a Group Discussion Assignment?
How do I enable a podcast feed for a Discussion topic?
How do I delay posting a Discussion topic until a specific date?
How can I require students to post to a Discussion before they see replies?
How do I reply to a Discussion?
How do I add content to my Discussion?
How do I allow students to attach files to a Discussion?
How do I allow students to start a new Discussion?
How do I allow students to edit and delete their own Discussions posts?
How do I edit or delete student Discussion posts?
How do I attach a file to a Discussion reply?
How do I link to a YouTube video in a Discussion reply?
How do I insert an image file in a Discussion reply?
How do I mark Discussion posts as read or unread?
How do I manually mark my Discussion posts as read?