There are multiple ways to interact in your course. Some interactions include Announcements, Discussions, and Conversations.
Announcements
Announcements are a way for instructors to communicate with students about course activities. Students can only create announcements in a group workspace.
- How do I use Announcements as a student?
- How do I view a thread in Announcements as a student?
- How do I reply to an announcement in Announcements as a student?
- How do I mention a user in an announcement reply in Announcements as a student?
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How do I like a reply in a course announcement in Announcements as a student?
Discussions
Canvas provides an integrated system for focused and threaded discussions, which allows both instructors and students alike to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired. In your UCLA Extension Canvas course, click on Modules to access available discussions.
- How do I use Discussions as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion in Discussions as a student?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion in Discussions as a student?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies in Discussions as a student?
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread in Discussion as a student?
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion in Discussions as a student?
- How do I submit a peer review to a discussion in Discussions Redesign?
- How do I edit or delete discussion replies in Discussions as a student?
- How do I view a discussion thread in Discussions as a student?
- How do I mention a user in a discussion reply in Discussions as a student?
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How do I report a reply in a discussion in Discussions as a student?
Canvas Inbox (Conversations)
Canvas Inbox is the messaging tool used to communicate with an instructor, a course, a group, an individual student, or a group of students while a course is active. Note: UCLA Extension courses are active starting two days before the start date and up to 15 days after the course end date.
- How do I use the Inbox as a student?
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I filter conversations as a student?
- How do I star a conversation as a student?
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I send a message to a user in a group in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a message as a student?
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as a student?
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as a student?
- How do I reply to submission comments in the Inbox as a student?
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as a student?
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as a student?
- How do I delete a conversation as a student?
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as a student?
- How do I archive a conversation as a student?