Can you group discussion questions for one class session and change settings for them all

[MelissaFisher94]

Is there a way to create a group of discussion questions for one class session and to set settings for the whole group - ex. liking, publish/unpublish, etc.? Instructor

[LyndseyMartin · Accepted solution]

Hello @MelissaFisher94 - 

Each discussion board has its own settings and it's not possible to change them as an entire group.

One thing you might do is set up one discussion board with your preferred settings, and then duplicate that board. After you duplicate it, you can change the question/prompt and information in the rich content editor. Discussion boards (along with all other assignments & quizzes) are automatically unpublished until you choose to publish them.

You can also do a bulk update to due dates and availability dates.

Hope this helps! 

[MelissaFisher94]

Thanks for this. Is there a way to group discussions for one class session? If yes, how? 

[LyndseyMartin]

I think you may want to create a section in your course- I'm not sure I'm understanding fully. 

Here's a link to the Canvas Instructor Guide on Courses and Sections. Maybe this will help?

[dbrace]

@MelissaFisher94, if I understand what you are trying to accomplish, you could do this by:

1. creating the discussions as described by @LyndseyMartin 
2. put all of the discussions into the same module

Does that help?

-Doug