# Discussions - create

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## Discussions - create

### What it Does

#### Discussions

Allows user to add discussions in the Discussions page.

### Additional Considerations

#### Announcements

To create announcements, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.

#### Discussions

To view discussions in a course, Discussions - view must be enabled.

Both Discussions - create and Discussions - moderate allow the user to create a discussion in the Discussions page.

To manage discussions, Discussions - moderate must also be enabled.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).