How to participate with other student and hoe to tackle questions.
Hi @PaulaAbunaw
As far as how to participate, you need to ask your instructor. It is likely your instructor has already posted instructions or a guide as to what is expected in discussion responses. Perhaps in the first discussion post, the syllabus, or maybe a rubric has been posted.
As far as how to use discussions in Canvas, you should review these tutorial pages.
https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/tkb-p/student#Discussions
@PaulaAbunaw ...
I agree with @gnoack. I would also suggest that you review one of these short tutorial videos...depending on your role within the course:
Hopefully this will also be of some help to you. Keep us posted if you have any other questions about this...thank you.
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