How do I create a Threaded Discussion?

Click the Discussions link.

Click the Start a Discussion button.

Create your discussion by utilizing the following options:

1. Enter your topic title in the topic title field.
2. Use the Rich Content Editor to format your content.
3. Create a threaded replies by clicking on the Allow threaded replies checkbox.

Click the Save button.

With Threaded Discussions, you can see when a student replies to another student's reply. A blue dot indicates a new reply, a gray dot indicates an unread reply, and no dot indicates a read reply. Click the Gear icon to open the drop-down menu [2]:

• Click the Go To Topic link to return to discussion post or comment you replied to.
• Click the Edit the reply link to edit your response.
• Click the Delete the reply link to delete your response.
• Click the Open in SpeedGrader link to grade the discussion replies

By hovering over the reply, you can collapse all [1] and expand all [2] replies to make the Discussion easier to manage. Or you can collapse and expand a single thread [3]. Click the Reply link to reply to the discussion [2].