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Discussions - create

What it Does

Discussions

Allows user to add discussions in the Discussions page.

Additional Considerations

Announcements

To create announcements, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.

Discussions

To view discussions in a course, Discussions - view must be enabled.

Both Discussions - create and Discussions - moderate allow the user to create a discussion in the Discussions page.

To manage discussions, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.