# How do I like a reply in a course announcement as an instructor?

If you allow students to like announcements, you can like announcement replies in your course. To view the Like icon on announcements, you must [allow users to like replies in a course announcement](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-allow-students-to-like-replies-in-a-course-announcement/ta-p/1220).

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

<div data-step-uuid="0ec339ac-1f5e-4e78-809c-96c811a1e045" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="0ec339ac-1f5e-4e78-809c-96c811a1e045"><div>![Open Announcements](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/740/456/original/2f0f22be-6f46-4681-bdc5-3806229a73bf.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Announcements** link.

## Open Announcement

<div data-step-uuid="789aac36-dde7-4aae-ac86-07dc73c34410" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="789aac36-dde7-4aae-ac86-07dc73c34410"><div>![Open Announcement](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/595/113/original/608d2ea8-5f4d-4729-8985-02794b398564.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Click the name of the announcement.

## Like Announcement Reply

<div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2"><div>![Like Announcement Reply](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/855/803/original/a6429f2e-b4a9-4584-83e6-50e6fce182cc.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Locate the reply and click the **Like** icon.

### View Liked Reply

<div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2"><div data-step-uuid="fe5cb2b8-513e-4628-b181-1c2557092738"><div>![View Liked Reply](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/855/806/original/a0d3d312-d7fe-4822-8f9b-22b2212b619c.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>The Like icon fills in, indicating you have liked the reply.

**Note:**

<div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2" id="bkmrk-when-a-reply-is-like"><div data-step-uuid="cc957921-dc46-4b9e-9473-081c0fb5fde2"><div data-step-uuid="fe5cb2b8-513e-4628-b181-1c2557092738"><div><div>- When a reply is liked, the Like icon also displays the total number of likes from all users.
- You can unlike a reply by clicking the Like icon again.

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