Group Options

[CynthiaEdwards1]

Can I turn off the option for students to create an announcement or discussion in groups?

[bbennett2]

Announcements are just a special type of discussion post. If you turn off the "Let students create discussion topics" in your course settings, that may take care of it.

[CynthiaEdwards1]

@bbennett2 I already tried turning off that setting and it did not affect groups. Thank you for the input.

[JeffW · Accepted solution]

Hello @CynthiaEdwards1 

The ability for students to create discussions in groups is going to be controlled at the account level by your admins. It's a permission for the student role when it comes to creating discussions within a group page. The check box in your course settings only applies to discussions in the course, but technically the groups are separate.