can't see students discussion posts in the Canvas.

[ZhaoweiZhang]

I can't use the speed grader to access students' discussion posts. Do you know what's wrong with it?

[Chris_Hofer]

@ZhaoweiZhang ...

Is your discussion topic set as "Graded"?

How do I create a discussion as an instructor? - Instructure Community - 1029 (canvaslms.com)

See the section on "Create Graded Discussion" in the above link.

Hope to hear back from you soon.

[ZhaoweiZhang]

Hi, Chris Thank you for the response! I didn’t change any settings. Where can I see if it's set graded or not? Thanks!

[Chris_Hofer]

@ZhaoweiZhang ...

You need to edit the discussion topic in your course and look to see if the "Graded" checkbox is selected or not.  It would seem that your "M4: Discuss the Readings" topic is graded...just based on what I am seeing from your attached screenshot.  But, it never hurts to check.  You can follow the instructions in this Guide to edit a discussin topic:

How do I edit a discussion in a course? - Instructure Community - 1075 (canvaslms.com)

Go to your "Discussions" page, and then click on the topic name.  Click on the "Edit" button, and then look to see if the "Graded" option has a checkmark next to it.  If there isn't a checkmark, then you need to select that option and save your changes to the topic.  Also, just double-check to make sure there aren't any other settings for that topic that would seem to indicate that you couldn't view the responses in the SpeedGrader.

I hope this helps a bit.  Keep us posted here in the Community...thanks!

[LkPwll]

I am having the same issue. I used the Speedgrader for my first discussion post and it is fine. However, when I go to grade the second using the SpeedGrader I get the message at the top and a blank screen. I'm attaching screenshots.

[mzimmerman]

Hi @LkPwll 

Is Discussion Board 2 a group discussion?  We have found here that Speedgrader does not seem to be able to show an individual student's posts in graded group discussions the way it does for non-group discussions.

[LkPwll]

I just checked and it is set as a group discussion. My course is set up by an instructional designer so I was unaware to look for that. If I uncheck it for future discussions will it then go back to showing in the Speed Grader? It looks like I can't change it for Discussion Board 2 because students already responded, Correct? 

[mzimmerman · Accepted solution]

If the discussions are set to be regular discussions rather than group discussions, you should be able to see the filtered posts for individual students in Speedgrader.  Alternatively, you can keep them as group discussions and just click the "View full discussion" link and see all the posts in that discussion board, and just search for the student's posts.

For one instructor here (who got me investigating this in the first place), he decided to enabled the Discussions Redesign feature option ( see https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Discussions-Announcements/Discussions-Announcements-Redesign-Rele... ) in the course, since the Discussions Redesign allows you to search for posts from a specific user, so he could use that to filter when viewing the full discussion in Speedgrader.  (It's not a perfect solution, though, since it also shows the full course menu in Speedgrader, and things can get weird if you start clicking around to other parts of the course...)