Discussions no longer indicate Group Discussion for Instructor

[edwardn1]

The new Discussions do not show that a Discussion is a Group Discussion for Instructors.

This is how it showed in the present Discussion for Instructors : See https://www.screencast.com/t/uVbbJx1FD4J

This was really useful as an Instructor to immediately see that this was a Group Discussion and also to be able to click on any Group and see their discussion.  
  It appears that this does indicate it to students and is exactly the same as in the present Discussion:

https://www.screencast.com/t/fTYOZcgEru 

But not to Instructors:
https://www.screencast.com/t/m3oiljgI46Yn

[elisat]

I see the same thing. I also wanted to check what happens when a student isn't assigned to a group. In that case, the student is currently seeing the old discussions tool and the SpeedGrader still doesn't display the student's response. (As is the case now.) I'm guessing they haven't built that part out yet.

[edwardn1]

I have been informed that this is coming in future version.

[Katrina-Hess]

Hi @edwardn1 and @elisat , this will be available in Discussion Redesign soon. I'll post an update later this week with a timeframe. 

Thanks, Katrina

[Nancy_Webb_CCSF]

I just did some testing @edwardn1 and @Katrina-Hess, and there is an indication, but it is less helpful and also requires a click.  I was testing to see if teacher subscription to a group discussion was possible with this redesign (which you can, but I am not getting notifications).

Note that there is a button with a group icon at the top of a group discussion.  Click it and you'll find links to the groups. But, it doesn't show if there are posts, read or unread.  This must be fairly new, and I hope it will soon display a prompt if there are unread discussions and also that the ability for a teacher to subscribe to each group's discussion will work with notifications. @Katrina-Hess , do you know where we stand on this feature?  Appreciate your support!

[elisat]

@Nancy_Webb_CCSF thanks for testing this. I'm following the discussion to see what happens with this feature. The dropdown menu seems very inconvenient.