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In an assignment that has a discussion enabled, the Assignment Name becomes the Name of the discussion and the Student Instructions serves as the discussion prompt. Once enabled, time fields are added to the Assigned and Due Dates. Scroll up after enabling the discussion to modify times.
Discussions are limited to a single section. If multiple sections are selected in the Scheduling Alignment area of the assignment, separate discussions are created for each section.
Teachers have the option to Allow students to edit their responses. Previous versions of edited posts are not available in the discussions tool. This option can be turned on or off at any time.
Students must use Campus Student to respond to discussions, not the Campus Portal.
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Here is a video from Infinite Campus about how to Create a Scored Discussion.
Scoring Discussions
Responses to scored discussions can be viewed and scored in the Submission scoring screen, which is accessed from the Control Center or the Evaluate Discussion link in the Grade Book. In this scoring screen, click Create a Post to make a new post in the discussion or Reply to respond to a specific post. See the Flagged Posts section for more information about the flagging posts and resolving flags.
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Make a new post by clicking Create a Post
Generate a printable version of the discussion.
Edit the discussion details.
Reply to students.
Flag student content and resolve flags. See the Flagged Posts section below for more information.
If a discussion doesn't have student responses yet, it can be Archived to hide it from the teacher's discussion list.
Here is a video from Infinite Campus about creating an Unscored Discussion.
Flagged Posts
Inappropriate posts can be flagged by the teacher or by another student. Discussions with a flagged post are indicated by a . A notification is also sent to teachers when a post has been flagged.
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