A: Besides having students answer teacher-posted questions, students can also respond to one another in an online environment. Discussions can be used as graded assignments for the course, ways to gather data, feedback and gain insight into current student understanding. They are also a good way to see progress and growth as students move throughout the course.

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Other frequently asked questions:

Q: What is a Discussion?

A: Discussions in Canvas are a place where threaded discussions/ conversations related to course content can take place.

Q: Who uses Discussions?

A: Teachers can create, respond to and edit discussions. Students can comment, reply, respond and add to discussions. Teachers have the ability to edit and/ or remove student responses if they feel they are not appropriate, correct or relevant to the conversation or class.

Q: Where are Discussions located?

A: Canyons District has placed Discussions within the Modules themselves and this is where students would locate them.

Q: When are Discussions used?

A: Discussions can be used as a way to gather data/ feedback and as a graded assignment. Teachers have the option to require student answers/ comments in discussion format and can post their own questions or even links for students to follow.

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