Participating through Virtual Discussions

On this page, you will find information and resources to help you understand Discussions. Discussions are a great way to interact with your peers remotely or virtually. Even though you may not be in the classroom at the same time, you can still discuss what you are learning!

View Discussions

Discussions are organized into three main areas.

Discussions [1]: These are current discussions within the course. Discussions are ordered by most recent activity. You will only see this section heading if there are discussions within this section.

Pinned Discussions [2]: These are discussions that your instructor wants you to pay specific attention to and will appear at the top of the Discussions page. You will only see this section heading if there are discussions within this section as designated by your instructor.

Closed for Comments [3]: These discussions have been manually closed for comments, or the discussion is past the available from/until date. These are discussions that are only available in a read-only state and are ordered by most recent activity. You will always see this section heading, even if there are no discussions within this section.

View Individual Discussion

Each discussion displays whether or not it is a graded discussion [1], the name of the discussion [2], the date on which the last discussion reply was posted [3], the due date (if any) [4], the number of unread/total posts in the discussion [5], and whether or not you are subscribed to the discussion [6].

You can also view availability dates for individual discussions [7].

An unread icon next to a discussion indicates an unread discussion [8]. The number of unread/tot

al posts will not appear for group discussions and discussions that have no discussion replies [9].

There will also be a peer review icon if a graded discussion has been assigned peer reviews [10].

Watch the Tutorial

Links to Additional Resources:

What are Discussions for Students?
How do I view Discussions?
How do I reply to a Discussion as a student?