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Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I view and sort discussion replies as a student?
You can view all replies in a discussion by scrolling or searching content. Focused discussion replies are shown in hierarchal order; threaded discussions are hierarchal, collapsable, and expandable.
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How do I subscribe to a discussion as a student?
You can subscribe to entire discussion threads in your courses and be notified when new comments are posted to the topic. If you reply to a discussion, you will automatically be subscribed to discussions and will be notified of updates unless you manually unsubscribed to that discussion. Please note that you cannot subscribe to individual threads within a threaded discussion.
You will automatically be subscribed to discussions you create in your student groups. You will also be subscribed to any new discussions you create in your course, if your instructor has set course permissions that allow you to do so.
Note: You must specify your notification preferences to receive updates for subscribed discussions.
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How do I submit a peer review to a discussion?
Your instructor may require you to submit a peer review of another student's discussion reply. To complete the peer review, you must review the student's discussion reply and add a comment in the comment sidebar.
If your instructor includes a rubric, which is a pre-determined outline of how an assignment is graded, you must also assign a grade using the rubric.
Discussion peer reviews cannot be anonymous.
Learn how to see if have been assigned a peer review discussion.
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How do I view Discussions as a student?
The Discussion Index page allows you to view all the discussions within a course.
Note: Your instructor may choose to hide the Discussions link in Course Navigation. If the Discussions link is not available, you can still access Discussions through other areas of Canvas.
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How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
If your instructor allows file attachments, you can attach a file to a discussion reply using the attachment icon. Attachments can be added to both graded and non-graded discussions.
Any attachments added as part of discussions are copied to your user files. Attachments for graded discussions are not counted against your user quota and cannot be deleted.
Notes:
- If the attachment icon does not display, this option is not available in your course.
- If your attachment causes you to exceed your user file quota, the file may fail to attach to an ungraded discussion.
- If you have permission to edit or delete discussion replies, editing a reply also allows you to remove an attachment.
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How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read as a student?
In discussion replies, a blue dot indicates the reply is new and unread. A white dot indicates a reply is read. When you navigate away from the discussion or refresh the page, the blue dots will change to white dots indicating the replies are read.
You can tell Canvas not to automatically mark your discussion replies as read so that you can manually control which replies you haven't viewed. Your selection for this option will apply to the Discussions settings for all of your courses. By default, manually marking posts as read is turned off.
You can manually mark discussion replies as read or unread at any time.
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Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions?
You can find your peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments in the sidebar of your Canvas course and on the submission details page.
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How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete?
Your instructor can assign you to review another student's discussion post. You can view peer review notifications in Canvas in the Recent Activity Stream, the To Do list, and from the individual discussion page. Once peer reviews are assigned, you can also be notified according to your Canvas notification preferences.
Learn how to submit a peer review discussion.
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How do I subscribe to a discussion podcast as a student?
If your instructor has enabled a podcast in a discussion, you can subscribe to receive the feed in a podcast capturing program. This lesson explains how to add a podcast to iTunes (minimum version 11.0).
Note: The Record/Upload Media Comment tool in the Rich Content Editor must be used for updates to be added to the podcast feed. Text-only discussion posts are not included in the feed.
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How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion?
Your instructor may include a rubric as part of a graded discussion. The rubric is a set of criteria that your instructor will use to grade your discussion. Before submitting your discussion, you can use the rubric to evaluate your own work and make sure your discussion fulfills your instructor's requirements.
Note: Not all graded discussions may include a rubric.
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