# How do I allow students to like replies in a course announcement?

You can allow students to like replies in an announcement even if students are not allowed to [reply to announcements.](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-allow-or-disallow-announcement-replies-in-a-course/ta-p/707) If an announcement allows liking, users will see a Like icon within each announcement reply. By default, liking is available to all users in the course; however, you can choose to restrict the option to graders only.

The Like icon is enabled on a per-announcement basis and displays once there is at least one reply to the announcement.

As an instructor, you can also [like announcement replies](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-like-a-reply-in-a-course-announcement-as-an-instructor/ta-p/763).

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<button class="embed-button">Embed this Video</button></div>## Open Announcements

<div data-step-uuid="dc9ba431-d592-484a-817c-ca3e0f1ee833" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="dc9ba431-d592-484a-817c-ca3e0f1ee833"><div>![Open Announcements](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/565/930/original/a1498c53-0ce2-4f84-b465-bf9a6508e702.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Announcements** link.

## Add Announcement

<div data-step-uuid="d25df8a8-8215-4812-b4fb-a0d57cc10337" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="d25df8a8-8215-4812-b4fb-a0d57cc10337"><div>[![Add Announcement](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/496/440/medium/044d8280-5b53-4cdd-b55e-4e78567ae76c.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/496/440/original/044d8280-5b53-4cdd-b55e-4e78567ae76c.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Add Announcement** button.

## Allow Liking

<div data-step-uuid="a2f719d5-a1a6-41e7-b38c-b58f01aec86f" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="a2f719d5-a1a6-41e7-b38c-b58f01aec86f"><div>![Allow Liking](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/953/271/original/673a9a17-5c67-460c-8666-1f8ef5ebb6d3.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Allow liking** checkbox.

## Set Liking Options

<div data-step-uuid="ef51651a-a93a-48e7-91aa-3a5f96bdefc9" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="ef51651a-a93a-48e7-91aa-3a5f96bdefc9"><div>![Set Liking Options](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/953/273/original/0af74e34-7071-4594-a3bd-b063f7bf225b.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>When allowing announcement likes, you can limit the users who can like to graders only.

To limit the liking functionality to only graders in the course, click the **Only graders can like** checkbox. When this checkbox is selected, only users with the [Edit Grades permission](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Resource-Documents/Canvas-Course-Role-Permissions-Comparison/ta-p/511022) can see the Like link. However, all users still see the total number of likes for each reply.

**Note:** Announcement replies are sorted in descending order.

## Publish Announcement

<div data-step-uuid="ed749173-95f5-4491-9352-35f463b61a0a" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="ed749173-95f5-4491-9352-35f463b61a0a"><div>![Publish Announcement](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/565/936/original/336648fb-1cbc-49d8-b3da-f9d678ab0a05.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the **Publish** button.

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