How do I require students to post to an Announcement before they see replies?

You can require students to post to an announcement before they can see replies.

Open Announcements

Click the Announcements link.

Make Announcement

Click Make Announcements button.

Note: Students can only create announcements within a group

Create Announcement

Type a title for the announcement in the topic title field [1] and add content in the Rich Content Editor [2]. Click on the Users must post before seeing replies checkbox [3].

Save announcements

Click the Save button to post the announcement.

View Announcements in Student view

Once you add the Announcement, it will show up on the Announcements page. Students will not be able to see replies until they reply to the Announcement.