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How do I turn on anonymous discussions?

If you would like to create anonymous discussions, you will need to turn on the ‘Discussions/Announcements Redesign’ Feature. Please note that this feature is flagged as a Feature Preview because it is still in development by Canvas. For full details regarding this feature, please refer to the relevant Canvas Release Notes.

To enable this feature:

1. Navigate to the course for which you want to use anonymous discussions.
2. Click on ‘Settings’ at the bottom of the course navigation menu.
3. Click on the ‘Feature Options’ tab at the top of the Settings page.
4. Find the ‘Discussions/Announcements Redesign’ feature and click on the red x to the right of that feature.
5. Choose ‘Enable’.

Now, when you create a discussion, you will be able to make it either partially or fully anonymous. Partial anonymity allows students to choose whether they want to reveal their name and profile picture, while full anonymity automatically hides everyone’s name and profile picture. Please note that when anonymity is turned on for a discussion, grading and groups are not supported.