On August 14th, 2024, Canvas released an update to allow for threaded replies in Discussions. This change created some discrepancies in discussion threading settings, therefore the settings should be reviewed in cases where threaded replies are preferred. If threaded Discussions are not desired, this does not apply to you.
If you do want your Discussion to have threaded replies, please verify that each Discussion has “Disallow threaded replies” deselected. Detailed instructions are below.
How to Enable Threaded Replies
If you have a discussion that should have threaded replies and you need to turn them back on, follow the steps below.
- Select Discussions from the course navigation menu.
- Select the specific discussion that should have threaded replies.
- Select the three dots in the upper right of the Discussion.
- Select Edit.
- Uncheck Disallow threaded replies.
- Select Save.
Please note:
- Threaded replies can be enabled after students have posted in a discussion.
- Threaded replies can not be disabled after students have posted in a discussion.