Creating a Discussion Assignment Page

To enable a Discussion Assignment:

1. From your homepage, select Courses > All Courses.
2. Click the Content Title for to the course you want to alter.
3. Within the course outline, go to the lesson where you'd like to add an Assignment. 

4. Click the plus sign in your course outline > hover over the Add Page icon and click.
   

5. Choose the Assignment page type.
   Tip

   To learn more about the Assignment page type, please refer to this article.

6. Once you have added an Assignment page, go to Assignment Options and toggle "Enable Discussion Assignment?" to "Yes"
   
   
7. Once enabled, another toggle will appear: "Hide discussion until Learner submits a comment?"
   • Toggle this to "Yes"if you would like learners to first submit their own response to the discussion prompt before seeing what other learners have submitted in the full discussion thread.
8. Click Save

Now let's dive into the grading aspect of this feature.

1. From your admin homepage, navigate to Courses > Grading.
2. Once the learner has submitted their first comment, the assignment will show here.
3. Click on the assignment title to get into the assignment that you would like to grade or review. The learner's original submission (or comment) and any replies they have submitted will display here.
   Note

   Replies to the learner's original submission cannot be viewed in full from this page. You can see that there are replies to their comment and how many, but we only display comments or replies submitted by the learner specific to the assignment you are viewing in the Grading interface. To view the full discussion, click the link "View the full discussion" from the Grading interface to view replies to the learner's original submission.
   

4. Input a Grade and select a Status. Once you select a Status, a Save Grade button will appear. Optionally, enter any submission feedback.
   
   
   Tip

   Use submission feedback if you would like it to show directly under the grade on the Assignment page and are not encouraging a response back from the learner.
   
   

   Use the discussion feedback area in the grading interface if you would like to encourage a conversation with your learner or need clarification on something.
   

5. Click Save Grade.
6. You also have these options under Advanced Settings:

• Unlocking for editing by children? - This offers Panorama roles, who have the permission, to edit this page in your course.
• Indentation Level -
  The Indentation Level is behind a feature flag.

  This feature is behind a flag. This allows for the syllabus in the course menu to be indented. When enabled, you can nest pages under each other.

• # of seconds required for completion -  Number of seconds required to mark this page as complete. If set, the learner must remain on the page (without refreshing or going to another page) for the number of seconds specified in order to be marked complete.
• Audio Narration File - Although it is not system functionality to record audio in the platform, you can upload audio files.
• Click Save.