Use assignment communications
Open Communication from an assignment when you need to answer a question, send a targeted check-in, post a class announcement, or turn a useful private exchange into a separately composed class-wide answer.
Read the communication stream
Section titled “Read the communication stream”The flyout opens over the current assignment so you keep its context. Filter All, Questions, Announcements, or Check-ins. Prioritize threads marked Needs you or unread.
Read and reply to a thread
Section titled “Read and reply to a thread”Open the thread and confirm its audience and message history before replying.
A student-only question remains between that student and authorized assignment teachers. Group-visible questions remain available to the attached group. Historic resolved conversations can be read but not reopened or shared.
Post an announcement
Section titled “Post an announcement”Select Announce.
Add an optional title and the required message, then select Post announcement. Announcements go to everyone in the assignment and are one-way; students cannot reply. Use a private thread or targeted check-in when a response is needed.
Share an answer safely with the class
Section titled “Share an answer safely with the class”From an eligible private question, select Share with class.
- Read the private source only as a composition reference.
- Write a separate Class-safe question.
- Write Your answer.
- Select Answer and share.
Rectangle does not widen or republish the private thread. It answers the original audience and creates a separate class-wide post containing only the teacher-authored public question and answer—never the student’s name or copied private messages.