Discussions allow you to have conversations online. Sometimes an instructor sets up a discussion so that you can't see what others have posted until you submit your response. So don't wait to see someone else's reply before submitting your own. See the poster below on discussion board etiquette.

Tip: You should compose your discussion posts locally on your device, using Word for example, and then copy/paste it into your discussion post/reply in Canvas. It’s too easy to have a glitch or inadvertently click the back button and lose all your work when composing online.

You can reply to a comment already posted by another student. Locate the post you want to reply to and click the reply icon below it.

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