Instructors: How to Create Featured Questions

The Featured Questions tool is a great way for instructors to prominently surface important questions and answers to students of their courses. Instructors can choose to feature inquiries that have already been posted in the course Q&A, or write and publish new featured questions.

This article outlines how instructors can select, write or remove Featured Questions for their courses.

How to select an existing question in the Q&A as a Featured Question

If you wish to select a question and answer that has already been posted in the course Q&A as a Featured Question, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the Communications page in your instructor account and select Q&A or Featured Questions.
2. Use the search tool on the left-hand side to find the question and answer you wish to select as a featured question. 
3. Click the three dots on the right-hand side of the Q&A question and select Add to Featured Questions. 

The question and answer will be moved to the Featured Questions section of that lecture’s Q&A, which is located above the All questions section.

How to write and publish a Featured Question

To write a question and answer for the Featured Questions section, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the Communications page in your instructor account and select Featured Questions.
2. Click Create new Featured Question on the right-hand side. 
3. Enter the applicable course information, as well as the question and answer.
4. Click Publish new Featured Question and confirm you wish to publish the question.

The question and answer will be moved to the Featured Questions section of that lecture’s Q&A, which is located above the All questions section.

How to remove a question from the Featured Questions section

If you wish to remove a question from the Featured Questions section, simply do the following.

1. Navigate to the Communications page in your instructor account and select Q&A or Featured Questions.
2. Locate the applicable question and click the three dots on the right-hand side.
3. Select Remove from Featured Questions.

Common questions

Who can create or select featured questions for a course?

Instructors will need to have Q&A permissions granted for the applicable course in order to create or select a featured question for it.

How many featured questions can be created or selected for a course?

Instructors can create or select as many featured questions for a course as they wish.

How do featured questions appear to students?

The Featured Questions section is located prominently and above the All questions section of the applicable lecture’s Q&A.

Can students reply to featured questions?

Yes. Students can reply to featured questions or upvote them if they wish, just as they can with other questions that are posted in the Q&A. Learn more about the instructor Q&A dashboard.