createDiscussionTopic: Create a new discussion
In erikpal/bRush: R Canvas Instructure API Client

createDiscussionTopic

R Documentation

Create a new discussion

Description

Create a new discusson for the provided course or group.

Usage

createDiscussionTopic(
  ID,
  title,
  message = "",
  discussion_type = "side_comment",
  published = FALSE,
  podcast_enabled = FALSE,
  podcast_has_student_posts = FALSE,
  require_initial_post = FALSE,
  is_announcement = FALSE,
  pinned = FALSE,
  allow_rating = FALSE,
  only_graders_can_rate = FALSE,
  sort_by_rating = FALSE,
  delayed_post_at = "",
  lock_at = "",
  position_after = NULL,
  group_category_id = NULL,
  points_possible = NULL,
  peer_reviews = FALSE,
  automatic_peer_reviews = FALSE,
  grading_type = "points",
  grading_standard_id = NULL,
  due_at = "",
  unlock_at = "",
  server = "test",
  ...
)

Arguments

`ID`	Course or group ID to create the discussion in.
`title`	Character of the title of the assignment
`message`	Character of the discussion message.
`discussion_type`	Character of the discussion type ("side_comment" or "threaded")
`published`	Boolean to specify if the discussion is published for availability.
`podcast_enabled`	Boolean to enable podcast feed.
`podcast_has_student_posts`	Boolean to include student replies in podcast feed.
`require_initial_post`	Boolean to specify if user must post first to begin to reply.
`is_announcement`	Boolean to specify if this is an announcment instead of a discussion.
`pinned`	Boolean to list as a pinned discussion.
`allow_rating`	Boolean to allow users to rate entries.
`only_graders_can_rate`	Boolean to allow only graders to rate.
`sort_by_rating`	Boolean to sort by rating.
`delayed_post_at`	POSIXct object of date and time to publish discussion.
`lock_at`	POSIXct object of date and time of lock date if an assignment
`position_after`	ID of discussion topic to position this one after.
`group_category_id`	ID of group to assign discussion to.
`points_possible`	Integer of the maximum number of points possible
`peer_reviews`	Boolean to enable peer reviews
`automatic_peer_reviews`	Boolean to enable automatically assign peer reviewers
`grading_type`	Character of grading type options (pass_fail, percent, letter_grade, gpa_scale, points)
`grading_standard_id`	ID of the grading standard to be used
`due_at`	POSIXct object of date and time of due date if an assignment
`unlock_at`	POSIXct object of date and time of unlock date if an assignment
`server`	Test, beta, production, or other name in R.environ OR full url of server
`...`	Optional page options to pass to processRequest if an assignment