# Discussions - view

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## Discussions - view

### What it Does

#### Blueprint Courses

Allows user to edit Blueprint content lock settings on individual discussions.

#### Discussions

Allows user to view the Discussions link in Course Navigation.

Allows user to view course discussions and all replies within the discussion topics.

### Additional Considerations

#### Blueprint Courses

To edit lock settings from the Discussions index page, Blueprint Courses - add / edit / associate / delete and Courses - manage must also be enabled.

#### Commons

To share a discussion to Commons, Courses - manage must also be enabled.

#### Discussions

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

To reply to a discussion, Discussions - post 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).