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Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I like a reply in a course announcement as a student?
If you can make a reply in an announcement, you may be able to like announcement replies in your course.
Note: The liking feature may be restricted to users with grading permissions (e.g. instructors and TAs). If you cannot like an announcement reply, this feature is not available to you.
Manual Canvas Student Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I reply to an announcement as a student?
If you have a question or comment about an announcement, you can reply directly to that announcement.
You can reply in both course and group announcements. This lesson shows how to reply in a course, but the steps are the same.
Note: If the reply field is not available, the announcement has been closed for comments and you cannot post a reply.
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Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I view Announcements as a student?
The Announcements Index Page allows you to view and filter announcements in your course.
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How do I create a Lucid assignment?
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I view Discussions as an observer?
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.
Manual Canvas Observer Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I set up a graded discussion to be sent to my institution's student information system (SIS)?
If your institution is using a student information system (SIS) for grading purposes, you can set up a graded discussion to be sent back to the SIS. However, you must first specify which graded discussion(s) in the course should be sent to your SIS as part of the grade publishing process. Each graded discussion must be modified individually. However, your institution may have already enabled an option for all graded discussions to be configured for your SIS.
Once a graded discussion is set up to be sent to your SIS, the Assignment Index Page lets you enable or disable a graded discussion by clicking the SIS sync icon next to the graded discussion.
Each SIS requires specific setup procedures to properly post grades for graded discussions. Depending on how graded discussions are assigned to students, some discussions may not be supported. For details and and troubleshooting tips, view the appropriate help document for your SIS integration:
- Instructor Help: Canvas and PowerSchool (this integration requires the Post Grades to SIS feature option)
- Instructor Help: Canvas and Skyward
Note: The Banner integration does not require any assignment setup and only pulls total grades from the Gradebook.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I close a discussion for comments in a course?
To manually stop students from posting replies to discussion posts, use the close for comments link. You can also pin discussions to the closed for comments section on the discussion index page.
Note: You can automatically set your post to close for comments on a specific date by creating discussion availability dates.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I allow students to like replies in a discussion?
You can allow students to like replies in a discussion. If a discussion allows liking, users will see a Like icon within each discussion reply. By default, liking is available to all users in the course; however, you can choose to restrict the option to graders only.
The Like icon is enabled on a per-discussion basis.
Learn how to like a discussion reply.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts in a course?
You can allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts by changing the settings from the Discussions page.
This setting can also be changed from the Course Settings page.
Note: When enabled, this setting also applies to group discussions.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Jul 19, 2024
How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as an instructor?
You can insert an image file directly into discussion replies using the image icon. You can choose an image from a website URL, an image you've uploaded into your Canvas files, or an image from Flickr. If a change is made to the source of your image after you have embedded it in a discussion reply, the image added to your discussion reply will not be changed.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide