How do I answer a topic in Conversations?

Go to the Conversations tool.

Select the Conversations tool from the Tool Menu of your site. 

Click on a topic.

Image of a post in the conversations area that a user has clicked on.

Click on a topic in the conversations area of the page. Question topics display a question icon (This is a question topic) near the title of the topic, while Discussion topics display a speech bubble icon (This is a discussion topic).

Click Answer this question.

In the topic area, click Answer this question.

Enter an answer.

  1. Enter an answer in the Answer this question field.
  2. Optionally activate Private to make the answer visible only to instructors and the original poster of the topic.
  3. Optionally activate Post anonymously. This option is available only if the original poster activated it when creating the post.
  4. Click Publish.