Starting May 20th 2024 the Discussions and Announcements topics display will have a small updated design that includes small usability enhancements.

Feature Documentation

New documentation for this feature is available in the Canvas Guides:

Course-Level Features

For individual discussion and announcement topics, the interface has been expanded for maximum space and ensure responsive views.

The following modifications have been made to individual topics:

The toolbar has been moved to the top of the discussion and announcement thread.
Newest replies display at the top of the first page instead of the bottom of the last page.
Users can sort replies from newest to oldest, or oldest to newest.
Users can also quickly move to the top of the discussion or announcement at any time.

Image shows two module boxes from Canvas displaying the old version of the discussion board vs. the new version.

Example above is Classic Discussions vs New Discussions