Creating a Multi Prompted Discussion

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Creating a Multi Prompted Structure Discussion

Two ways to create a discussion

Option A - From the Course Content Page

Option B - From the Discussion tab at the top navigation

Option A - From the Course Content Page

Go to the location within the Course Content page and click the (+) plus sign. 

The downward red arrow is pointing to the hollow circle with the plus sign in the middle of it.

Click Create.

The left red arrow is pointing to the Create option. The other options are Copy Content, Upload, and Cloud Storage.

Scroll down to the Participation and Engagement section and click Discussion.

Below the Participation and Engagement, the left red arrow is pointing to Discussion.

Highlight the default title and provide a title for the discussion.

The words New Discussion 7/2/25 were entered in for the title.

Enter in the guidelines for this multi prompted structure discussion. (NOTE: You are not adding the question or questions here. Here you are providing them with what the expectations are for this discussion such as letting them know they will be replying to one or more of your responses below. A multi prompted structure discussion is where you as the instructor will add in the topics as responses which your students will be replying to depending on the discussion's instructions. You can also use a multi prompt structure discussion for a debate where you as the instructor add in the two responses outlining the two sides of the debate and then the students will reply to one of the debate's response side. )

The left red arrow with the number 1 is pointing to the text field. The downward red arrow is pointing to the black box with the white text Save.

Add in your first response which your students can reply too depending on the overall discussion's instructions. 

The left red arrow is pointing to the field Post a response to the dicussion.

Click Post.

Two buttons with the word Cancel in the gray box and the word Save in the black box. The Save button has a right red arrow pointing to it indicating that this is the button to click.

Add in your additional post(s).

First post from the instructor is showing up.

Click Post.

Two buttons with the word Cancel in the gray box and the word Save in the black box. The Save button has a right red arrow pointing to it indicating that this is the button to click.

Once you are done adding in your responses which your students will be replying, click on the gear icon to open up the discussion settings. 

The right red arrow is pointing to the Discussion Settings gear icon.

Once you are down setting up the discussion's settings, click Save at the bottom of the panel.

Two buttons with the word Cancel in the gray box and the word Save in the black box. The Save button has a downward red arrow is pointing to it indicating that this is the button to click.

By default, the discussion is set to Hidden from students.

If you want to change the discussion's availability, click on Hidden from students.

The left red arrow is pointing to up side down triangle to the left of Hidden from students.

Select one of the following:

Visible to student - if you select this option, then the discussion will be visible to your students right away.

Release conditions - You can release the discussion to all of your students or to a specific student(s). You can also set to release the discussion on a specific date and time and/or performance.

Hidden from students is being selected at the moment.

When you are done setting up your discussion, click the X in the top left-hand corner of the window.

The left red arrow is pointing to the red box with the white x.

Option B - From the Discussion tab at the top navigation

You can also create a new discussion by clicking the Discussion tab at the top navigation and click New Discussion.

The right red arrow with the number 1 is pointing to the Discussion tab in the course top navigation. The right red arrow with the number 2 is pointing to the black rectangle with the white text New Discussion.

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