I would like to have a discussion forum with 3 preset threads that students can choose to reply to, and then there would be ongoing discussions within those three threads. The problem I have right now is that students open the forum, and then instead of replying to my preset threads, they are creating their own threads,…
I have one student in a course that doesn't have the writing options pop up when he's starting a discussion thread. All other students have the options appear within the writing space. It looks like his is an html editor instead. This is what it should look like: But this is what his looks like:
I'm looking for a way to personally respond to learners in a discussion board through a private thread once their initial thread has been posted. Is there a button allowing instructors to toggle responses between responding to all learners and individual learners?
I am asking on behalf of a faculty person who has experienced slowdown loading a discussion topic. The students were embedding a Padlet iframe which was fine, but once they started replying to each others' posts she experienced slowdown. In the topic there are about 40 original posts with about 20 replies each, for a total…
The Discussion List defaults to all forums expanded. Can this be changed at the course level?
I'm new to Brightspace. I've searched the articles and discussions, but see nothing about what seems like a very natural and obvious issue: Why aren't due dates able to be specified for graded discussion topics? Restricting availability doesn't allow students to post late--neither does locking. I would like to set a due…
I have created a discussion and started a thread. When I log in with a student account (or as an instructor) I cannot reply to the thread (no button) or see existing replies. Any explanation? How can I fix this? I have not set any restrictions Screen grab attached
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