What is general purpose of the "question and answer forum"?

[tjonesrodriguez]

I believe the best type of questions for the "Questions and Answers Forum" are general questions that can be easily answered by utilizing the help of others. When posting in canvas you can ask questions directed towards others who have similarly approached the same issues and have also accomplished the task you are "stuck on".  This forum can also be used to get a general consensus of a group of people on a certain subject/question?  Any questions you may have regarding course specific deadlines for assignments or questions about grades/absences would best handled via a moodle message directly to you instructor. 

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @tjonesrodriguez ...

Did you mean to post this in a course you were taking in your school's Canvas environment?  It sounds like you meant to post that as a response that your instructor wanted you to complete as part of an assignment.  This is the Canvas Community, and you've described a bit about the Community...so that's awesome!  But, I'm guessing that you actually meant to post this in a course rather than here in the global Canvas Community website.  Here is a video tutorial on how to post responses to a discussion topic in your course:

Discussions Overview (Students)

Hopefully this will help.  Let Community members know if you have any questions about this...thanx!

[tjonesrodriguez]

thanks @Chris_Hofer , I was a tad bit confused, being new to the program and all. I did not see a discussion tab anywhere in the assignment or the module though the assignment did state to compose a post in the questions and answers forum. Thanks a bunch for the instructional video and your quick response.