This article shows how to customize the discussion that appears when you copy the basic Canvas course.
Read Me!
- Discussions can be gradable or not graded
- You can link a discussion to other parts of your course
- You can add images and links to external websites and video to discussion instructions
- It's highly recommended that you instruct students what to put into the subject line of a discussion
Get Me Started
From within your course, choose Discussions > Introductions > Edit
Or use the detailed steps below.
You can add images and links to websites or videos to discussion instructions.
- Adding an Image to a Discussion (to be developed)
- Adding links to a Discussion (to be developed)






Melanie Buchleiter
I think there is too much text, particularly on the second text box.