Discussion Board Sidebar

[TriciaVanLaar]

Is there a way to turn off the reply sidebar? It is awful. It doesn't allow me to see the whole thread as I could before and it posts my reply to the main board instead of the thread at least 50% of the time.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @TriciaVanLaar,

It sounds like you have have Discussion/Announcements Redesign enabled in your course right now.  If your school/institution allows, you could disable the feature option to go back to the classic discussions interface without the sidebar.

-Chris

[TriciaVanLaar]

Oh my goodness you are awesome! This worked for me and makes looking at threaded replies so much clearer. I appreciate it!

[RyanWilcox]

@TriciaVanLaar You don't have to revert to old discussions to get rid of the sidebar.  The discussion redesign has multiple views.

You can toggle between "view inline" and "view split screen".  See the screenshots provided.   The sidebar only appears with the split view.