How do I view Discussions in the Student app on my iOS device?

The Canvas Student app helps you keep track of all course discussions. You can also view newly created discussions or changes to discussions in the Notifications tab.

The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

Notes:

  • The Course Navigation menu matches the browser version of your Canvas course. If Discussions is not available in Course Navigation, it will also be hidden from view in the app.
  • Viewing rubrics in graded discussions is not supported in the app.

Open Course

Open Course

In the Dashboard, tap the name of the course you'd like to view.

Open Discussions

Open Discussions

Tap the Discussions link.

Note: You may need to swipe your screen to view the Discussions link.

View Discussions

View Discussions

Pinned discussion will always display at the top of the page [1]. For each discussion, you can view the number of total replies [2] and the number of replies you have not read [3].

Discussions with unread posts are indicated by a blue dot [4].

Swipe your device from top to bottom to quickly refresh Discussions.

To view a discussion thread, tap the name of the thread.

View Discussion

View Discussion

For each discussion, you can view the title [1] and description [2].

View Discussion Replies

View Discussion Replies

Replies can be viewed below the discussion topic. To view all replies, swipe your device screen.

If any users have replied to each other, you can view the replies within Replies.

To reply to a discussion, tap the Reply link [1]. To mark a user's reply as read or unread tap the More Options icon [2].