Sorry to add to an already solved post, but Instructure Support just sent the real solution.  It's less complicated than what I posted earlier, because evidently I didn't notice that the "...

Hey everyone - I stumbled across the solution, but I don't have any idea why it would be the key. There’s a student in the course who is inactive (which we do mid-year, instead of deleting them, t...

I hadn't thought of that, James.  I'm adding it right now.  Thanks!

This is exactly the problem we have.  Why should students get an email every time a teacher makes a single pen stroke while doing annotations?!  We can't see why it would ever be helpful.  Please ...

I did put in a ticket, and then I sent them the solution just before I posted it here.  There isn't obvious logic to why that scenario generates that particular problem, so hopefully, as you said,...

Sorry to add to an already solved post, but Instructure Support just sent the real solution.  It's less complicated than what I posted earlier, because evidently I didn't notice that the "...

I did put in a ticket, and then I sent them the solution just before I posted it here.  There isn't obvious logic to why that scenario generates that particular problem, so hopefully, as you said,...

Hey everyone - I stumbled across the solution, but I don't have any idea why it would be the key. There’s a student in the course who is inactive (which we do mid-year, instead of deleting them, t...

You are noticing the details - that line is tiny!  🙂  The pink line shows that I'm masquerading as the teacher whose course it is, the same way it shows a teacher viewing as student.  I on...

Do you know where?  The help file in the Guides indicates it's a setting applied to an individual Discussion.  Should I be looking somewhere else?  Thanks!