How do I view or reply to an announcement thread as a student?
You can view announcement replies and threaded announcement replies within an announcement.
If announcement replies are enabled by your instructor, you can respond to an announcement or respond to a reply thread. When responding to a thread, you can quote a threaded reply.
Note: If the Reply options do not display, your instructor has not enabled replies for the announcement.
Open Announcements
In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.
Open Announcement
Click the name of the announcement.
Expand Threaded Replies
If users have responded to a reply, the replies are threaded underneath the parent reply. By default, threads display inline on the same page as the announcement. To view threaded replies in a split screen view, click the View Split Screen button [1].
To expand all threads, click the Expand Threads button [2].
Individual threads display a link indicating the number of replies and the number of unread replies [3]. To view an individual reply thread, click the threaded replies link.
View Threaded Replies
Threaded replies expand and display [1]. You can view the name of the user who posted the reply as well as the date and time the reply was posted [2].
View Split Screen
To view threaded replies in split screen view, click the threaded reply link [1]. The threaded reply displays in the Thread sidebar [2].
To return to inline viewing, click the View Inline button [3].
Reply in Thread
To reply to a reply or threaded reply, click the Reply link [1]. Using the Rich Content Editor, you can reply to the announcement, include links, photos, equations, media, or @mention course users.
To post your reply, click the Reply button [3].
Quote Reply
To reply to a thread by referencing a reply, click the Options icon [1], then click the Quote Reply link [2].
Post Quoted Reply
By default, the Include quoted reply in message toggle is on [1] and the quote displays [2]. To exclude quoted text from your response, disable quoting by clicking the toggle off.
Using the Rich Content Editor, you can reply to the announcement, include links, photos, equations, media, or @mention course users [3].
To post your reply, click the Reply button [4].
View Your Reply
View your reply.
Manage Threaded Reply
To manage a threaded reply, click the reply Options icon [1]. Then select one of the following menu options:
- Mark as Read [2]: Mark this reply as read.
- Mark Thread as Read [3]: Mark the whole thread as read.
- Mark Thread as Unread [4]: Mark the whole thread as unread.
- Go to Parent [5]: Select the top reply in the thread.
- Edit [6]: Edit the reply.
- Quote Reply [7]: Start a reply by including a copy of the reply.
- Delete [8]: Delete the reply.
