This article covers the Instructor features for the Discussion panel in the New Player. For more general information on using the Discussion panel, see Viewing and Participating in Discussion with the Media Player.
If the media is embedded on a page, you should see a Discussions link below the main playback panel, as shown in the image below. This opens the media in a new tab, with the Discussion panel appearing on the right side.
Instructors or teaching assistants can choose to go in and seed discussion comments at particular points in the video, but students do not need to wait for an instructor to assign or moderate participation. Any user viewing the media can just dive right in and engage with the material.
An Instructor badge appears for any post created by an instructor. For information on making comments or replies, see Viewing and Participating in Discussion with the Media Player.
Reveal a Hidden Name
If you need to know who posted a comment or reply, but the user hid their name when posting, you can reveal the author's name for an individual post.
- In the Discussion panel, find the comment or reply whose author you want to identify.
- Click the ellipsis in the top-right corner of the post to open the options menu.
- Click the Reveal Name option in the menu that appears.
- When you are ready, you can click the Hide Name option in the same menu to hide the author's name again.
Additional Discussion Features
To endorse or agree with a particular post, click the thumbs-up icon.
Any instructor or teaching assistant in the course can remove any comments or replies posted by any user if they are inappropriate. Note that removing original posts / comments will also delete any / all replies given for that comment.
- In the Discussion panel, find the comment or reply you want to remove.
- Click the ellipsis in the top-right corner of the post to open the options menu, as shown above.
- Click the Remove Comment or Remove Reply option that appears.
- Click Remove on the confirmation box that appears.