Participating in a Canvas Discussion

Discussions are a very important part of communicating with your classmates and your instructor in Canvas courses. You need to be able to post your replies to a discussion question given to you by your instructor and interact with your classmates by replying to their posts.

For more information on participating in the Canvas discussion space, please read through the Canvas Student Guide "How do I use Discussions Redesign as a student?". You can find more guides on using the Canvas discussion space in the Canvas Student Guide.

How do I reply to the discussion prompt?

If you are unfamiliar with using discussions in Canvas, you may wonder how to post your initial and response posts to this discussion. In Canvas, you can post to a discussion by clicking the "Reply" button that appears below the discussion assignment directions. Type or paste your reply into the text box that appears.

Post to the discussion using the blue "Reply" button that sits directly beneath the discussion description.

How do I reply to someone else?

To reply to a discussion assignment prompt, scroll down to the bottom of the discussion post created by the person you are replying to and click the Reply button.

Reply to other people's posts using the "Reply" button that sits directly beneath the post content.

Check out the following Canvas Guides for more information on Canvas Discussions:

How do I reply to a discussion in Discussions Redesign as a student?
How do I embed an image in a discussion reply in Discussions Redesign as a student?
How do I attach a file to a Discussion as a student? (Note: This guide shows an outdated version of the discussion interface, however, the instructions still apply for the updated Discussions Redesign interface.)