{"id":11945,"date":"2025-08-08T15:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=11945"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:10:20","slug":"managing-threaded-replies-in-discussions","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/knowledge-base\/discussions\/managing-threaded-replies-in-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Threaded Replies in Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After copying a course in Canvas, a banner may appear at the top of the <strong>Discussions <\/strong>page that requires attention. The banner allows instructors to enable or disable <strong>threaded replies <\/strong>for multiple discussions at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-banner.png\" alt=\"Canvas Discussions page showing a banner stating &quot;You have 7 decisions to make&quot; related to disallowing threaded replies. The banner offers a &quot;Manage Discussions&quot; button to update discussion settings.\" class=\"wp-image-11929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-banner.png 907w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-banner-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-banner-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In legacy Canvas discussions, when <strong>threaded replies <\/strong>are enabled, students can reply directly to individual posts within a discussion by clicking the <strong>Reply <\/strong>link under a specific comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-enabled.png\" alt=\"A Canvas discussion showing a student post with a visible \u201cReply\u201d link below the comment, indicating that threaded replies are enabled. This allows users to respond directly to individual posts.\" class=\"wp-image-11930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-enabled.png 783w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-enabled-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-enabled-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When <strong>threaded replies <\/strong>are disabled, the <strong>Reply <\/strong>option is removed, and students can only respond to the original post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-disabled.png\" alt=\"A Canvas discussion showing a student post without a \u201cReply\u201d link below the comment, indicating that threaded replies are disabled. Students can only respond to the original post.\" class=\"wp-image-11931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-disabled.png 783w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-disabled-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/threaded-replies-disabled-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If the banner appears, use the steps below to manage threaded replies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click <strong>Manage Discussions <\/strong>in the banner to review the threaded reply settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-button.png\" alt=\"Close-up of the &quot;Manage Discussions&quot; button found in the banner to review and update threaded reply settings.\" class=\"wp-image-11932\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The next page displays a list of discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-01-1024x716.png\" alt=\"Canvas &quot;Manage Discussions&quot; page showing a list of discussions with checkboxes, dropdown menus to set threading status, and buttons labeled &quot;Set to Threaded,&quot; &quot;Set to Not threaded,&quot; and &quot;Confirm.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-11933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-01-1024x716.png 1024w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-01-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-01-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-01.png 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Use the checkboxes on the <strong>left <\/strong>to select the discussions or click <strong>Select All <\/strong>to choose all discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-03.png\" alt=\"Canvas &quot;Manage Discussions&quot; page showing that all discussion checkboxes, including &quot;Select all,&quot; are checked.\" class=\"wp-image-11934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-03.png 302w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-03-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click either the <strong>Set to Threaded<\/strong> or <strong>Set to Not Threaded<\/strong> button found in the upper right to apply the setting in bulk. Alternatively, use the dropdown menu next to each discussion to adjust the setting individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-04b.png\" alt=\"Canvas &quot;Manage Discussions&quot; page showing the &quot;Set to Threaded&quot; and &quot;Set to Not threaded&quot; buttons, with one dropdown menu expanded to select &quot;Threaded&quot; or &quot;Not threaded&quot; individually.\" class=\"wp-image-11935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-04b.png 478w, https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-04b-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After reviewing the selections, click <strong>Confirm<\/strong> to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/manage-discussions-page-selected-05.png\" alt=\"Close-up of the &quot;Cancel&quot; and &quot;Confirm&quot; buttons used to finalize threaded reply discussion settings.\" class=\"wp-image-11936\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After copying a course in Canvas, a banner may appear at the top of the Discussions page that requires attention. The banner allows instructors to enable or disable threaded replies for multiple discussions at once. In legacy Canvas discussions, when threaded replies are enabled, students can reply directly to individual posts within a discussion by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[495],"class_list":["post-11945","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-discussions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/11945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/11945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11951,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/11945\/revisions\/11951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=11945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}