How to Create Discussions

This step-by-step guide from the Office of Digital Instruction walks you through how to create Discussions in Canvas.

This step-by-step guide from the Office of Digital Instruction walks you through how to create Discussions in Canvas.

 

1. Open Canvas
   
   
    
2. Click on your course from the Dashboard
   
   
   
    
3. Click Discussions in the Course Navigation menu
   
   
    
4. Click > +Discussions in the top right menu to add a new Discussion Topic Title
   
   
    
5. Add a title, instructions, and attach a document, file, or image for the discussion
   
   
    
6. Select the desired Options for the Discussion Topic
   
   
    
7.  In Assign Access, assign the Discussion to Everyone or certain students
   
   
    
8. Click > Save and Publish or Save before publishing the discussion later in a Module
   
   
    

Need additional information or assistance? Contact the Office of Digital Instruction at online@morehouse.edu.