How do I create Discussions?
Discussions can be formal (graded, teacher created, and/or moderated) or informal (ungraded, student created, and/or moderated). There can be many applications of the discussions tool in the Astria LMS, such as - but not limited to:
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Open Discussions
Create Discussion
Add a title for your discussion in the Topic Title field [1].
To add discussion content, use the Rich Content Editor [2]. The Rich Content Editor includes a word count display below the bottom right corner of the text box.
If you want to create a section-specific discussion that is not graded, click the Post to drop-down menu [3]. You can select one or multiple sections. To create a graded section-specific discussion, use the discussion options.
Note: When a document is uploaded to the Rich Content Editor from a quiz, the file is saved to the Uploaded Media folder in Course Files and defaults to hidden status. Students can view the file when the quiz is made available to them. Learn more about file visibility.
To add an attachment to your discussion, click the Choose File button [4].
Add Discussion Options
To require users to reply to the discussion before they can see any other replies, click the Users Must Post Before Seeing Replies checkbox [2].
To enable a discussion podcast feed, click the Enable Podcast Feed checkbox [3].
To create a graded discussion [4], click the Graded checkbox. If this option is selected, additional options will be added to the page, where you can assign graded discussions to everyone, individual students, course sections, or course groups.
To allow students to like discussion replies, click the Allow Liking checkbox [5].
To add an ungraded discussion to the student to-do list, click the Add to student to-do checkbox [6]. Student to-do items display in the course calendar, in the student-specific List View Dashboard, and in the global and course home page to-do lists. Graded discussions automatically display in a student's to-do list.
To make the discussion a group discussion, click the This is a Group Discussion checkbox [7].
To make your discussion available on a specific date or during a specific date range using availability dates, enter the dates in the Available From and Until fields [8], or click the calendar icons to select dates. If you create a graded discussion, the Available From and Until dates can be set in the Assign field. Before the Available From date, students will only be able to view the discussion title. After the Until date, students can view the discussion topic and all responses but cannot add or edit any responses.
Note: If you want to create a graded discussion, and you have added sections in the Post To field, the Graded option will be unavailable. You must remove the sections from the Post To field before selecting this option. You will be able to add sections as part of the graded discussion options. |
View Discussion Draft
When your discussion is saved in a draft state, you can return to the page and publish it at any time by clicking the Publish icon.
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