9.3 Enable Student-Created Discussions

You can allow students to create discussion posts. To enable this, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Discussions in the course navigation menu on the left side of our Canvas course.
    Location of the "Discussions" link within the course menu
  2. Select Settings (the gear icon) at the top right-hand corner of the page.
    Discussion Gear Icon
  3. In Discussion Settings, select Create discussion topics.
  4. Click the box for Create anonymous discussion topics to enable students to create anonymous discussions.

Screenshot of the Canvas New Discussions settings options

 Resources

How do I allow students to create a course discussion? Links to an external site.