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Canvas provides an integrated system for class discussions, allowing both instructors and students to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired. Discussions can also be created as an assignment for grading purposes (and seamlessly integrated with the Canvas Gradebook), or simply serve as a forum for topical and current events. Discussions can also be created within student groups.

You can use discussions to:

Help students start thinking about an upcoming Assignment or class discussion.
Follow-up on a conversation or questions that began in a face-to-face classroom.
Test student comprehension of important points made in class.
Debate contradictory ideas.
Brainstorm different approaches to a class problem.

Video

Watch the following video to learn more about discussions in Canvas:

To learn more about discussions take a look at the following guides:

What are discussions?

What are Discussions for instructors?

Creating and editing (group) discussions

How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
How do I create a group discussion in a course?
How do I edit a discussion in a course?

Graded discussions

How do I assign a graded discussion to an individual student?
How do I assign a graded discussion to a course section?
How do I assign a graded discussion to a course group?

Peer review discussions

What is a peer review discussion?
How do I create a peer review discussion?
How do I manually assign peer reviews for a discussion?
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for a discussion?

Discussions, how do I…

How do I use the Discussions Index Page?
How do I use Draft State in Discussions?
How do I view and sort discussion replies as an instructor?
How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as an instructor?
How do I enable a podcast feed for a discussion in a course?
How do I delay posting a discussion until a specified date in a course?
How do I require students to reply to a course discussion before they see other replies?
How do I pin a discussion in a course?
How do I close a discussion for comments in a course?
How do I delete a discussion in a course?
How do I reply to a discussion as an instructor?
How do I allow students to like replies in a discussion?
How do I like a reply in a course discussion?
How do I allow students to attach files to a course discussion?
How do I allow students to create a course discussion?
How do I allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts in a course?
How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read?
How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread as an instructor?
How do I subscribe to a discussion as an instructor?
How do I edit or delete student discussion replies in a course?
How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as an instructor?
How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as an instructor?