When when when will there be a feature to export discussions? I see requests for the feature (literally DOZENS chiming in) from 2015 onward. Is this anywhere on the horizon?? PLEASE?
Thank you for reaching out and for sharing your interest in an export discussions feature. I completely understand how valuable this would be, and I know many users have been requesting it for quite some time. At the moment, this functionality isn’t available, and I don’t have a timeline to share regarding when or if it will be released.
In the meantime, if you’d like, I can suggest some current workarounds that other institutions have been using to archive or share discussions, such as:
Copy & Paste into Documents – The simplest approach: highlight discussion content in Canvas and paste it into Word, Google Docs, or PDF for recordkeeping.
Print to PDF – Use the browser’s Print → Save as PDF option to capture a discussion thread in a readable, shareable format.
Thank you again for your patience and for being an advocate for this feature.
Hi there! According to the Canvas Product Roadmap, there are quite a few updates coming to Discussions involving AI, but I do not see anything coming up about exporting discussions in a report.
Have you tried using the inline view in discussions?
Here is a link to the guide on viewing options in Discussions. If viewing all replies on one page or having them viewable to print is what you are looking for, this might be helpful!
@CMcKayW1 you've received two very helpful responses already - I know they're not the answer you hoped for, but nice to know you have some options.
[Discussions] Export Discussions is a feature suggestion that has appeared in our Community before. We currently do not have voting turned on for ideas as we pilot a new roadmap and ideation solution (you can find the most recent project update here) I wanted to share this idea with you so that you know it is in the pool of feedback collected and reviewed for prioritzation by our Product team.
I have tried your Print to PDF suggestion on multiple browsers for Mac (Chrome, Firefox and Safari) and they all fail after a few responses.
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