Is it possible for me to respond privately to a student's Discussion post without approving the post

kattwinkels@cofc.edu
kattwinkels@cofc.edu Posts: 1 🌱
edited August 28 in Higher Ed / Postsecondary

I use Discussions for students to post answers to reading questions. I moderate the posts and approve them after they're due. The goal is for students to be able to refer to their classmates answers to study for tests. But I'd like to be able to privately respond to students' answers. I can't do that on approved or unapproved posts. I'd like to be able to correct students' answers without publishing their errors to the whole class. Right now I'm having to use the feedback area in Grades, and it's not ideal.

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  • Bharti.B.332
    Bharti.B.332 Posts: 134 🤝🏼

    Hello @kattwinkels@cofc.edu

    Thanks for reaching Brightspace Community.

    To privately respond to a student’s Discussion post in Brightspace, you can assess the thread and use the Feedback area by clicking “Assess Student” or selecting the student’s name to open their evaluation page.

    Alternatively, you can create a private “Single User, member-specific” group and assign a restricted topic as that student’s journal however the discussion is only visible to the student and the instructor.

    Best regards,

    Bharti

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