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If you selected the Require Approval? checkbox on the Assignment Details screen when you assigned a discussion, you must approve posts before students can see them in the discussion thread. As you review and approve the posts, you can also post comments for all students to see or post a direct message to a specific student.
1.On the Dashboard screen, click Active Discussions on the course whose discussion you want to moderate.
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The Discussions grading screen for the course displays.
2.In the Assignment column, click Moderate on the discussion for which you want to review and approve posts.
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The Grading screen for the discussion displays.
3.Depending on your selections when you assigned the discussion, choose one of the following options to approve or disapprove student posts:
•If you selected Require Approval? on the Assignment Details screen when you assigned the discussion, you must approve student posts before they display in the discussion thread for other students to view and reply to. Review the posts awaiting moderation, then click Show Post to approve the posts you want to make visible.
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•If you did not select Require Approval? on the Assignment Details screen when you assigned the discussion, all posts are visible by default. If you do not want certain posts to display in the discussion thread, click Hide Post to unapprove the post and remove it from the discussion thread so that it is not visible to other students.
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4.(Optional) To post a comment that displays for all students, enter a comment in the Create your new post here field, and then click Post. Or enter a comment in the Reply to [student name] field below any post, and then click Reply.
5.(Optional) To post a comment that displays for only a specific student, select the Private Message checkbox, enter a comment in the Reply to [student name] field, and then click Reply.
