[Discussions] Export Discussions

[CindiKerns]

Please consider a feature that will allow students to export discussions and related threads. This can be a helpful resource at the end of the course. Professors will want the ability to release discussions for export so a release date option would be needed.

[scottdennis]

Hello Cynthia,

Thank you for taking the time to submit to the feature ideas forum.

I just now updated your idea submission to the queue that will open for vote on May 5th.

Cheers,

Scott

[rochowd]

This is a really good idea. It is also very useful for dealing with accreditation issues..

[CindiKerns]

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your suggestions in additional ways to use the exported material. Your ideas provide strong rationale for this feature request. I am glad you thought of the accreditation angle, that just expanded the usefulness of this feature to more offices on campus. I also appreciate the idea of using previous discussion material for starters in new courses. May I have your permission to share that with new online faculty? Have a great day!

Peace,

Cindi Tomes

[hyeyoung]

Yes. I requested the same feature to our IT team, and they informed me you already requested this feature. I would like to download the contents on discussion board to value students' opinions on each topic.

[745992]

There are some faculty that care very deeply about this feature. In the meantime one workaround I have found is  Evernote webclipper's article grabber. It is useful for scraping all of the discussion content, and ignores the navbar elements. Once all the discussions are clipped I print them all to PDF and combine them in Acrobat. The index is useful for students, and the PDF is  searchable. This takes a lot of work, and it would be ideal if something were built into Canvas.

[rochowd]

Cynthia,

Yes feel free to share.

[rochowd]

Andy,

Thanks. I will try that.

[CindiKerns]

Thanks!

[thayerm]

Hi, There was a similar request in the old voting system so this is definitely something people want. I would like to see it have these capabilities -

For students - That there they have 2 export options: The first option to Download My Responses Only which would only download their posts specifically. The second option would be Download Entire Discussion Thread. I thought about another that would allow the students to only download their original posts and the posts of others they replied to, but I wasn't sure what to call it or if that would be something others would see value in?

For instructors - I think an option to Download Entire Discussion Thread would be valuable. I also think they may want an option to download specific parts of the discussion - like any posts by individual students. Though if an assignment the instructor can read through the posts in Speedgrader, this gives them a way to single out a student as an good example for future semesters by being able to download as a PDF. I am not sure if that would be needed but it was another idea.

[leilaninautu]

Aloha, 

Please consider this option for both students and instructor - I serve in both roles.  This would be helpful

to share with administrators on the campus about the successes and things we need to work on.