Once students post to a Discussion for which the "Group Discussion" box is checked, instructors cannot uncheck that box, even for courses that HAVE NO GROUPS. When the "Group Discussion" box is checked and there are no groups, Speedgrader will not show only the posts written by a specific student. This problem arises when copying Discussions into new shells. All Discussion assignments that previously had the "This is a Group Discussion" box checked still have that box checked in the new shells, even when there are no groups in those new shells. In the past, I have used the Group Discussion setting to create Discussions that are divided into multiple sections of the same course. Our admin has disabled all combined Canvas shells, so I no longer have any Groups in any shells. However, the "Group Discussion" box remains checked in every new shell, and I have to manually uncheck it in every discussion in every course BEFORE any students post. If I forget, I am stuck recording discussion grades in printed rosters and it is exhausting.
Instructors should be able to uncheck the "Group Discussion" box for shells in which there are no groups both before AND AFTER students have posted. Alternatively, allow Speedgrader to show only the posts written by a specific student when: 1. The Groups Discussion box is checked and 2. No groups exist. Either of these would enable full Speedgrader functionality for grading Discussions.
