New Look for Canvas Discussions and Announcements

You may have noticed a new redesign for Discussions and Announcements in Canvas. The following additions/modifications have been made:

• The toolbar has been moved to the top of the discussion and announcement thread.
• Newest replies display at the top of the first page instead of the bottom of the last page.
• Users can sort replies from newest to oldest, or oldest to newest.
• Users can also quickly move to the top of the discussion or announcement at any time.
• Discussion and announcement threads display a label for users with TA roles and Teacher (Instructor) roles. This feature helps students more quickly identify users with instructor-based roles in the course.
• Reply Sidebar: A discussion reply can support up to one additional reply. When a reply includes additional replies, the number of replies is displayed, as well as the number of unread replies (specific to the user viewing the reply). All replies are nested together and displayed in a sidebar.
• Users can mention other users in discussion replies by using the @ symbol. All available users in the course display in the drop-down menu.
• Users can quote other replies as part of their discussion reply.

Please read more about this new feature here.

NOTE: If you wish to disable this feature, please navigate to Settings in your Course Navigation Bar, select Feature Previews, select the Toggle switch located next to Discussions/Announcements Redesign and select Disable 

Questions? Email canvashelp@nvcc.edu

Submitted by:
Heidi Redmond, CETSS, HRedmond@nvcc.edu