Discussions: Replies to Deleted Posts???

[lshulman]

Wondering how it is possible for a student to REPLY to a discussion post AFTER the instructor has DELETED the post?

Note the screenshot: I deleted a duplicate student post at 4:12 pm. But then another student REPLIED to the deleted post at 4:31 pm. How can a student reply to a post that had been deleted?

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

You might want to erase name mentioned in the last reply as well.

It could be that the "AM" student started the reply before you deleted the original post? That would mean they spent at least around 19 minutes writing it, but it's possible (they may be a slow writer or just went to do something else before submitting).

[Gabriel33 · Accepted solution]

You might want to erase name mentioned in the last reply as well.

It could be that the "AM" student started the reply before you deleted the original post? That would mean they spent at least around 19 minutes writing it, but it's possible (they may be a slow writer or just went to do something else before submitting).

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Just to expand on this idea, as it's definitely what I think happened...  The student may not have had to spend 19 minutes writing.  it's possible they had the discussion board loaded at 4:11pm and were reading through it, then decided to reply to the post that had already been deleted.  I *think* since they have the discussion page loaded that they'd be able to reply to any post that was already loaded on their screen at that point.  Think about it from the student aspect, if they did work and went to submit and were given an error, they'd likely feel they were cheated by the system, so this way probably makes the most sense even if it leaves a bit of a messy look.

Hope this helps a bit more.

-Chris