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[seshadris]

One of students is abroad in South America and has lost access to the internet.  She texted me her discussion post. How do I as instructor post her discussion on the discussion board so others may respond to it?

[NoahBoswell · Accepted solution]

Hey @seshadris ,

Thanks for posting on the Instructure Community!

As an instructor, I always recommend either going into student view and pasting the discussion response there, however the name of the 'account' will be 'Test Student'. Or, you could always just post it on your own account and just specify who's response it is. However, without being a canvas account admin at the root-level and with having the Users - act as permission enabled for your account, you can't really post the discussion on behalf of her.

Hope that helps!
- Noah

[NoahBoswell · Accepted solution]

Hey @seshadris ,

Thanks for posting on the Instructure Community!

As an instructor, I always recommend either going into student view and pasting the discussion response there, however the name of the 'account' will be 'Test Student'. Or, you could always just post it on your own account and just specify who's response it is. However, without being a canvas account admin at the root-level and with having the Users - act as permission enabled for your account, you can't really post the discussion on behalf of her.

Hope that helps!
- Noah

[seshadris]

Thanks, Noah.

[Hildi_Pardo · Accepted solution]

Hi @seshadris - My recommendation might be to just do a regular Reply with your own account, and in the Text box, using the Rich Content Editor tools, create a Header that says something like "Reply on Behalf of {Student's Name}" -- then paste their response.

That header will look large and may help others identify it as from that student (I've included a screenshot as an example).

Hope this helps!

[seshadris]

Thanks, Hildi. That is a great solution.