Approve replies before publishing in Discussion?

[MikeHladio]

In the past, I've used Kidblog for certain online discussion in my ELA class. With 8th graders, it is useful to be able to approve posts/comments before they are published and visible to the class. Is that setting available in Canvas? 

[Chris_Hofer]

Good afternoon, @MikeHladio ...

Unfortunately, this kind of capability does not exist in Canvas...to my knowledge.  I did a quick search of content here in the Community, and I found two past similar topics that confirm this:

• Solved: Moderate a Discussion - Canvas Community
• Solved: Moderating Dicussions - Canvas Community

Also, I found an existing Feature Idea here that seems to align with what you are asking about: Allow instructor to block/moderate student from di... - Canvas Community.  You might want to read through that Feature Idea to see if it sounds like anything you'd want to see implemented in Canvas.  If so, give it a star rating, and also consider posting a comment to it letting Instructure know why this would be important to you.  (You could even copy your above text as a comment to that Feature Idea if you wanted.)

I know this might not totally answer your question, but I hope it has helped in some way.  Let members of the Community know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!  Take care...be well.