Close all announcements for comments.

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

Click the Add Announcement button.

Click the Allow users to comment checkbox [1]. You can also require students to reply to a post before seeing other replies [2].

The Allow users to comment option is persistent, meaning the option you select when creating or editing an announcement will carry over when you create a new announcement in the course.

Click the Save button.

To close an announcement for comments from the index page, locate the announcement. Click the Options icon [1] and click the Disallow Comments link [2].

To close more than one announcement for comments from the index page, click the checkbox next to each announcement [3] and click the Lock Reply button [4].

To close comments within an individual announcement, click the name of the announcement.