Replies to Embedded Video Posts in Discussions?

[nesterd]

I use discussions in my class and require video posts for presentations, and encourage video posts in the discussions. For both, we use a video hosting service (Kaltura), which has students embed videos in the replies. In the discussions, when students reply to video, whether it's video or text, those replies are not nested -- instead, they just go to the bottom of the discussion. There's no context, no @ symbol to the relevant post. Nothing. 

Clearly this is a bug and not a feature? 

As the instructor, I may go into the student reply and edit it, adding a couple of dots to in effect turn the post into a text post. But I can't do that for every single post. I do encourage my students to use the @ feature, but this is just something that needs to be fixed, right? 

Any workarounds in the meantime?  

[chriscas]

Hi @nesterd,

That definitely sounds like off behavior for your discussion.  We use Kaltura for video as well, and I don't recall ever seeing the exact behavior you're describing here.  Could you perhaps post some screenshots?

Since you talked about @ mentions, that makes me think you have the Discussions Redesign feature option enabled, and there has been some active development in that area recently.  Maybe something you're used to has just changed...  Screenshots may help us identify what options you're using and exactly what you're seeing so we could better provide some comments and/or assistance.

Look forward to hearing back from you!

-Chris