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.

🖥 Web
📱 Mobile

Open the class group from your Chat list and start a question — the Create a new discussion dialog opens.
Fill in the Title and your Question.
Turn on Ask anonymously if you'd rather not show your name.

Optionally set a Related course so classmates know what it's about.

Screenshot coming soon

The Create a new discussion dialog with the Title and Question fields, the Ask anonymously toggle, and a Related course selector

Capture spec (for maintainers)

{
  "id": "web.groups.ask-questions-in-discussions.create-dialog",
  "platform": "web",
  "route": "/chats/groups/{groupId}",
  "actions": [
    {
      "pom": {
        "page": "GroupPage",
        "call": "openCreateDiscussionDialog"
      }
    },
    {
      "fill": {
        "testId": "discussion-title-input",
        "value": "When is the project due?"
      }
    },
    {
      "fill": {
        "testId": "discussion-question-input",
        "value": "Is the deadline before or after the exam?"
      }
    }
  ],
  "clip": {
    "testId": "create-discussion-dialog",
    "pad": 16
  }
}

Click Send. Your question appears in Discussions, where anyone can Reply (or Reply anonymously).

Open the class group from the Chat tab and start a new discussion.
Fill in the Title and Question, turn on Ask anonymously if you like, and set a Related course if it's course-specific.
Tap Send.
Open the Discussions list to follow the conversation and Reply to others.
Screenshot coming soon
The mobile Discussions list aggregating recent questions across your groups
Capture spec (for maintainers)
```
{
  "id": "mobile.groups.ask-questions-in-discussions.discussion-list",
  "platform": "mobile",
  "route": "/chats/discussions",
  "actions": []
}
```

Good to know

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.

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