Communicate with your instructor and peers

There are multiple ways to interact in your course. Some interactions include Announcements, Discussions, and Conversations.

Announcements: Announcements are a way for instructors to communicate with students about course activities. Students can only create announcements in a group workspace.

Discussions Canvas provides an integrated system for focused and threaded discussions, which allows both instructors and students alike to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired.

Conversations: Conversations is the messaging tool used instead of email to communicate with a course, a group, an individual student, or a group of students.

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Announcements (All Class Participants)

1. Click the appropriate Announcement title.
2. Leave a reply for appropriate announcement.

Discussions (All Class Participants)

1. Click the appropriate Discussion title.
2. Leave a reply for appropriate discussion.

Conversations/Inbox (One or more recipients)

1. Click the Inbox link in the left menu.
2. Enter a name, course, or group you would like to send a message to.
3. Write and send the message.

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