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I think that the main reason why Canvas has graded discussions is to have some way to enforce student participation mandates, in order to re-create the discussion in the physical classroom. My own experience with this is that Discussion threads often bring out students who 1) are comfortable speaking up and 2) want to stand out from the rest of the class. From the teacher's point of view, however, it is very easy to see the less confident or even just quiet students be turned off by this. On the other hand, Discussions is one of the ONLY ways outside of a Zoom meeting that students can see each others' ideas / work, and there are probably times when this type of opportunity fits into a language class. At the same time, I want to both show how I value a post by including it in the grades, and I also want to be able to give private feedback to individuals, without posting it in the actual thread. Graded discussions is a unique opportunity to achieve both of these goals.