Ask questions in Discussions
Discussions are questions posted to a whole class — the place to ask something when you'd rather not clog a chat channel. You can ask as yourself or anonymously, and Garçon, the Study Assistant, chimes in with a first answer.
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Open the class group from Groups and start a question from its chat — the Create a new discussion dialog opens. (The group's existing questions are also collected under its Resources tab.)
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Fill in the Title and your Question.
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Turn on Ask anonymously if you'd rather not show your name.
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Optionally set a Related course so classmates know what it's about.
Screenshot coming soonThe Create a new discussion dialog with the Title and Question fields, the Ask anonymously toggle, and a Related course selector -
Click Send. Your question appears in Discussions — the second chip at the top of the Groups list — where anyone can Reply (or Reply anonymously).
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Open the class group from the Groups tab and start a new discussion.
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Fill in the Title and Question, turn on Ask anonymously if you like, and set a Related course if it's course-specific.
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Tap Send.
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Open the Discussions list to follow the conversation and Reply to others.
Screenshot coming soonThe mobile Discussions list aggregating recent questions across your groups
The Discussions list gathers the most recent questions from across all your groups in one feed, so you won't miss answers even if they're spread across classes.