This article describes the course discussion widget, including how to navigate to the widget and how to view information related to discussions using the widget.
- Learn more about the role of discussions in a course.
- Learn more about course widgets
Note: All of the instructions in this article begin with the following two steps:
- Navigate to the course you'd like to view the discussions in.
- On the course header, click on the discussions widget, located to the right of the course map widget and to the left of the backpack widget.
How to navigate to discussions using the course discussion widget
- Follow steps 1 and 2 at the top of this article
- Click on a discussion in the list to go to the discussion activity.
How to view new discussion posts
- Follow steps 1 and 2 at the top of this article
- Click All Discussions
- On the next page, you will see how many total discussion posts have been made for each course discussion activity. You will also see how many are new, meaning that they have been posted since the last time you went to that discussion activity page.
How to view a cohort's most popular posts
- Follow steps 1 and 2 at the top of this article
- Most popular posts are listed under the heading Most Popular. Click on a discussion post to go to the discussion activity where the post was made.
How to view a cohort's top posters
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- Follow steps 1 and 2 at the top of this article
- Top posters are listed under the heading Top Posters. Click on a learner's name to view
- their profile.