Discussion Groups

[kjhimes711]

My students are having issues with discussion assignments. It seems like they are clicking on something besides the discussion prompt and submitted a post somewhere I cannot view it.

They are split into groups for discussions. I have not had this problem until this year. Are the students able to submit or start a new discussion without my knowing?

Thank you.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there, @kjhimes711 ...

Sorry to see that your question has been sitting out here since early September 2020 without a response.

The options for students to add/edit/delete discussion topics/posts in your course are configured via the course "Settings" screen.  Check out the section on "View More Options" near the bottom of this Guide: How do I set details for a course? - Canvas Community.

With respect to the postings from your students to group discussion topics...are you accessing those topics within the groups any not within the original/root discussion topic?  See the section on "View Discussion" near the bottom of this Guide: How do I create a group discussion in a course? - Canvas Community.

Hopefully you've been able to find those postings by now.  Please let Community members know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!  Take care...be well.

[wykesk1]

I am having similar issues. I created a group discussion board in a module. Then I decided to rename that discussion board a couple times. This seems to have resulted in creating a new discussion board with differently assembled groups for each renaming.

Some students make their first post but there are no posts for the first person to respond to.

What's going on?

Each time I rename a discussion board, does that delete the original DB, so that, with the last renaming, there is only that last DB for students to post in?

Thanks for responding.

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there, @wykesk1 ...

Sorry to see that you are also having problems with discussion topics.  When you re-name a discussion topic in your course, that should not create a different instance of that topic.  It is only re-naming that topic to whatever you had previously named it.  Also, when you go to your "People" page and then go to your area with your Group Sets, re-naming a discussion topic should not affect the names of the Group Sets that you had already created.  For example, in my own sandbox course, I did the following:

• Created a new Discussion Topic named "February Discussion" and assigned is as a group discussion with the group name "Canvas Assignment".  Saved and Published the discussion topic.
• Edited the topic and changed the name to "February 10 Discussion". Saved the discussion topic.

The same "Canvas Assignment" group set was still assigned to discussion topic that I had originally assigned to it.

Are there any other settings for your discussion topic that you can identify that might be causing the issues that you are experiencing?

Looking forward to hearing back from you soon!