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How do I view Discussions in the Teacher app on my iOS device?

In Canvas Teacher, you can keep track of all course discussions.

The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

Note: This lesson shows how to view discussion thread replies using Classic Discussions. If your discussions don't look the same as what's shown in this lesson, please view how to view replies in the Discussions Redesign interface.

Open Course

Open Course

In the Courses tab, tap the name of the course you'd like to view.

Open Discussions

Open Discussions

Tap the Discussions link.

View Discussions

View Discussions

The most recent discussion will always appear at the top. However, replies to the discussions stay housed within the discussion itself. Unread replies are indicated by a dot next to the discussion [1]. You can view the number of total replies [2] and the number of replies you have not read within each discussion [3].

Swipe your device from top to bottom to quickly refresh Discussions.

Manage Discussions

Manage Discussions

To pin or unpin, close a discussion to comments, or delete a discussion thread, tap the More Options icon.

Add Discussion

Add Discussion

To add a discussion, tap the Add icon.

Open Discussion

View Discussions

To view a discussion thread, tap the name of the thread.

View Discussion

View Discussion

The discussion shows the details for the discussion and whether or not it is graded.

Manage Discussion

Manage Discussion

To edit the discussion, tap the More Options icon [1].

To view submissions for the discussion, tap the Submissions link [2].

View Replies

View Replies

Replies can be viewed below the discussion topic. Swipe down on your device to view all replies.

If any users have replied to each other, you can view the replies within replies.

Note: Group discussion replies do not appear in the Replies section of the Discussion Details page. Graded group discussion replies can be viewed as submissions.

Manage Replies

View Replies

To reply to a discussion, tap the Reply link [1].

To mark as read or unread, edit, or delete a user's reply, tap the More Options icon [2].