Note: slight changes have been made to Discussions as of May 6, 2024. You may notice small differences in new features and searching methods, for example. If you are struggling with or have any questions about redesigned Discussions see this How do I use Discussions Redesign as a student? resource.
Open and View Discussions
Navigate to the Discussions space within your course. This is visible on the lefthand side of your course or in the hamburger menu.
You will see a list of the discussions within your course. Click on the discussion you want to look at, write an initial post for, or reply to.
There are a number of ways to interact with the discussion posts from here, with the Discussion Tool Bar, based on what you want to do.
Discussion Tool Bar Features
The features while viewing and interacting with Discussions are as follows:
Search for keywords or by author
Filter by All or Unread replies
Sort by oldest or newest
View Split Screen to view threaded replies in a split screen alongside the whole discussion
Expand Threads to expand or collapse all threaded replies
View Inline to view all of the replies within a thread