Organizing Discussion Forum Posts with Most Recent at Top

[pshovlin]

Hi Folks,

I'm wondering is there any way to set up a Discussion with alternate sorting...I like setting them up for participation all semester long and it gets old scrolling down to see what the newest post is...Is there any way to set the default so that new posts appear at the top?

Best,

Paul

[Stefanie · Accepted solution]

 @pshovlin ​, Canvas Discussions do not currently have this capability. You might want to add your feedback to ; while the feature idea was archived, the comment from Instructure's product team indicates that this functionality  is part of the team's discussions backlog.

[colin_tyrrell]

Hi

12 months later and it is still an issue. Our course is goes for around 15 months so the forum is very long.

The ability to reorder should be reconsidered.

Colin Tyrrell

Head teacher IT Blue Mountains

[jennifer_buckin]

Hi, This is an issue for our students - would love to hear when this is going to be addressed? Facebook and other online forums default is most recent at the top. We would at least like the option to choose sort order,

Teacher

Blue Mountains TAFE

[Stefanie]

colin.tyrrell‌ and  @jennifer_buckin ‌, please follow the linked feature idea--https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/1190-order-discussion-posts-from-newest-to-oldest --to receive notifications about its progress through the idea cycle, and feel free to comment there if you wish to request an update. The idea is still open for voting, and is currently in Product Radar status.