Discussions & Communications

Find strategies and instructions for facilitating class-wide discussions and sharing other communications online to keep everyone connected.

Enable Class Discussions | Share Information | Set Up Office Hours


Enable Class Discussions

Interactive discussion topics for students can be set up in your Canvas course. You can create graded or ungraded discussion boards where students can post, read other responses, and reply.

Set up discussion boards in Canvas

Follow UBC how-to instructions

  1. Set up a discussion board in your Canvas course

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Tip:
Explore more about Canvas and read answers to FAQs in UBC’s Canvas instructor guide » and UBC’s Canvas student guide »

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Share Information

One of the fastest ways to reach all students in a course is using announcements in Canvas. Alternatively, you can message students through the Canvas Inbox, which is like a personal email tool within Canvas.

Send messages through Canvas

Follow UBC how-to instructions

  1. Communicate with your Canvas course

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Tip:
You can also email students through the UBC Faculty Service Centre (FSC). Emailing through the FSC is good for academic communications requiring an official paper trail or if you don’t want to depend on Canvas.

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Set Up Office Hours

Zoom is a ​video/audio web-conferencing and collaboration tool that lets you meet with students in real time. You can use it to host virtual office hours to meet with individuals or groups of students.

Schedule & run a virtual office with Zoom

Follow UBC how-to instructions

  1. Schedule office hours with Zoom

Dive deeper with UBC resources

Tip:
Explore more about Zoom and read answers to FAQs in UBC’s Zoom instructor guide » and UBC’s Zoom student guide »

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Get support with learning technology

Contact the UBC Learning Technology Hub for hands-on assistance:
604 827 4775 | LT.hub@ubc.ca | Live Weekday Support »


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