View All Posts in a Canvas Discussion

You might not want to click on a post to view the replies to a post.

Use Cases

The default view in the new discussions format is to click on a student post and then that post and replies to it will appear on the right hand side. To skim the entire discussion board, view it inline and expand the threads.

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At the top of the discussion page, click on View Inline

In the inline view you will see the posts and the number of replies for each.

screen capture of a Canvas discussion with posts to the original question about favorite things to do in the fall

 
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Once you have selected to View Inline, you will get an option to Expand Threads

Click on Expand Threads to display all posts and replies on the page at once.

With the threads expanded, you will see all replies.

Canvas discussion showing posts to the question of favorite thing to do in the fall with several responses visible