How do I turn off the Discussion Summary AI tool in my course?

You will learn how to turn off the Discussion Summary tool for your course in Canvas. This AI-based tool will create a summary of your currently open discussion thread. Note that this is a Teacher-role only tool. Student do not see this tool.

Current Canvas settings require this to be an opt-out feature rather than an opt-in feature.

Open Summary button visible in a Discussion thread

1. Enter your course and click on the Setting button.

Setting link selected

2. Click on the Feature Options tab.

Feature Options tab

3. Scroll down to Discussion Summary.

Discussion Summary

4. Click on the checkmark and select Disabled.

Disabled selected

Article Summary

You have now learned how to turn off the Discussion Summary feature in your Canvas course.

Discussion thread with no Open Summary button