Discussion Board Sort By Likes

[MIllercrc]

Hi. With the new Canvas discussion board update, it no longer allows me to sort by likes. Where can I find this feature, or please bring it back? 

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @MIllercrc,

I believe the sort by likes feature was removed from both the redesigned and "traditional" discussions in Canvas a while ago.  I recall some discussions about this on the Community, but I'm not able to find them right now.  I believe the feature had very low usage, and therefore Instructure decided it was not something they'd continue to support.

Sorry for the news, but I hope this helps a bit.

-Chris

[gregtew]

When you teach 1,000+ students in a class, the Sort by Likes option in discussions is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. Deleting it has created a huge problem for me.

[DanielLUnowsky]

I just created an "idea" and can only hope this might do something, though I remain very disappointed that our university switched to Canvas and lost this functionality. 

[DanielLUnowsky]

This is a terrible decision by Canvas when their competitors have this functionality. I just tried again to create an "idea" or whatever and hope the convoluted process of getting Canvas to consider changes will work somehow this time. 

[gregtew]

Checked my discussion that closed out last night. There were 107 pages of posts. My comments were buried in that massive haystack. But, with SORT BY LIKES my comments were always on the first page for all of my students to see, read, and discuss.