00:09: Focused discussions are relatively short-lived interactions that tend to disappear

00:13: as the course progresses such as a weekly forum for questions related to that

00:17: week's activities. Use a focused discussion for single posts

00:21: and related comments. One discussion leader typically posts a

00:25: message and multiple Learners comment on it. Participants may leave a

00:30: side comment to reply, but cannot develop the conversation Beyond two

00:34: layers of nesting. Focused discussions might also be used to answer

00:38: a single question share resources amongst peers collect

00:43: results from a simple research, activity share solutions to a

00:47: single problem. Correct misconceptions, clarify course,

00:51: policies get feedback on a work in progress, share

00:55: insights about a single reading.

00:58: Fred had discussions include infinite layers of response, nesting allowing

01:02: commenters to continue responding on a single nested thread.

01:06: Threaded discussions, lend themselves to the refining of complex ideas, responses

01:11: and different lines of inquiry can be quickly navigated due to its hierarchical

01:15: structure. Threaded discussions, may be long-standing spaces for

01:19: thoughts that persist throughout an entire course.

01:22: Use a threaded discussion for multiple posts and related comments, one

01:26: or more discussion leaders post a message and multiple Learners comment on it with

01:30: the freedom to create any number of related discussion topics and common.

01:35: Threaded discussions might also be used to host, an answer multiple related

01:39: or unrelated questions. Organized results from a complex research

01:43: activity share and iterate upon ideas shared by each student in

01:47: the course debate, the pros and cons of a single issue or multiple

01:51: issues, ask multiple questions of a single discussion leader.

01:55: Refine ideas between multiple discussion leaders and multiple Learners,

01:59: facilitate group discussions around.

02:02: Multiple topics, facilitate discussions around a discussion Fishbowl

02:07: conversations, explore at length, the feasibility of different solutions

02:11: to a complex problem.

02:14: As an instructor within discussions, you can create edit

02:18: and delete discussion topics. You can also reply to edit

02:22: and delete individual student discussion posts create threaded

02:26: or focused discussions within your course. Create discussions with varied

02:31: due dates for different sections within your course.

02:33: Create a group discussion is an assignment.

02:35: Create a graded discussion for everyone individual students

02:40: course sections, or course groups When a discussion

02:44: is marked as a graded assignment, the canvas speedgrader isolates each

02:48: student's comments from the thread and combines them into one easily readable view

02:52: for grading. Subscribe to a discussion and be notified of replies

02:56: enable podcast feeds within your discussions.

02:59: Embed or attach files images and YouTube videos.

03:03: Add course, content directly from your course delay, discussion

03:07: posts until a defined date, pin discussion threads, that you want your

03:11: students to see at the top of the discussions page.

03:15: As a student within discussions, you can create edit

03:19: and delete discussion topics reply to individual student replies.

03:23: Unless your instructor has disallowed threaded replies, subscribe

03:28: to a discussion and be notified of replies.

03:31: Subscribe to podcast feeds within discussions embed or attach

03:35: files images and YouTube videos.

03:39: As an observer within discussions, you can view your students course

03:43: discussions, subscribe to a discussion and be notified of replies.