# Discussions - post

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## Discussions - post

### What it Does

#### Discussions

Allows user to reply to a discussion post.

### Additional Considerations

#### Discussions

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

If the option requiring users to post before seeing replies is selected in a discussion, users must post a reply to view all posts unless Discussions - moderate is also 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).