Discussion Forum

Discussions enable the class and group discussions on important academic and social topics. Students can reflect on learning, share ideas and opinions, or ask and answer questions. The teacher can create, monitor, and reply to discussions, and students can participate in discussions. In addition, the teacher can choose whether or not to score discussions.

To start an active discussion with the class, create and assign a discussion prompt. Once a discussion prompt is assigned, the teacher can view the details and status of the active discussion, as well as edit, hide, or score the discussion.

Manage a Discussion

  1. Select the Classes tab on the top menu bar, then select the Class with the relevant discussion prompt.
  2. Select the Assignments tab on the left navigation panel.

  3. Locate and select the current discussion prompt assignment in the content viewer.

  4. Select Assignment Preview or any student listed to open the discussion.

  5. From the currently selected discussion prompt, do one or more of the following:

Select Create a response below the comment to which you want to respond, enter your response, add any attachments, and then select Submit my response. You can also delete the text you entered before submitting by selecting Clear Text.

Responses cannot be added to discussions that have past the due date.

  1. Select Create a response, and then add a description or instructions.
  2. At the bottom of the Create a response box, select Add Attachment.
  3. Press Select from device and select the file you want to attach.
  4. Select Attach, and then select Submit my response. The response with the attachment is listed below Participant responses.

Realize supports the attachment of files up to 10 MB when posting responses on an active discussion. Supported file types include .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .jpg, .png, .mp3, .mp4, or .pdf. Once attached, files can be replaced, removed, or downloaded.

  1. Select Create a response, and then add a description or instructions.
  2. At the bottom of the Create a response box, select Add Attachment.
  3. Press Select from Google Drive and select the file you want to attach from your Google Drive.
  4. Select Attach, and then select Submit my response. The response with the attachment is listed below Participant responses.

When you share an assignment, discussion, or custom lesson that contains a link to a Google Drive file, students access the same shared file; they do not receive a unique copy. In addition, access permissions for Google Drive files are controlled by Google Drive. Ensure share settings are configured properly in Google Drive.

  1. Select Create a response, and then add a description or instructions.
  2. At the bottom of the Post a response box, select Add Attachment.
  3. Press Select from OneDrive and select the file you want to attach from your Microsoft OneDrive.
  4. Select Attach, and then select Submit my response. The response with the attachment is listed below Participant responses.
  1. Select the 3-dot menu for the response with the attachment you'd like to remove.
  2. Select Edit, then select File attached.
  3. In the Manage Attachments window, select Remove to remove the attachment. A confirmation saying File removed will replace the attached file.
  4. Select the X close button. You can also select Cancel to return to the responses.
  5. Select Save to complete editing the response.

Select the attachment link below the response to download the attachment.

  • To delete a response, select the 3-dot action menu for that response and select Delete response. You can choose to undo this action by selecting Undo delete for that specific response.
  • To edit a response, select the 3-dot action menu for that response, then select Edit response. Select Save to save the edited response, or select Cancel to leave the response without saving your changes.
  • To hide a response, select the 3-dot action menu for that response and select Hide response. If the response is hidden, you can select Show response to reveal it.

The Delete and Edit options are for a teacher’s or student’s own response entries that they created in the discussion. These options only appear and can be used by the user who created the response. As a teacher, you can hide a response, but you cannot delete or edit a student's response.

If edit another response without submitting your changes for the previous response, the original response closes without saving your changes.

Discussions are different from other assignments in that students do not have a Turn In option. They are automatically turned in at midnight in the student's time zone on the due date.

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