Why does my student's discussion forum show up as In Progress?

• The Discussion forum is not setup to show in Needs Grading, and student has completed at least one posting.

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• The Discussion forum is setup to show in Needs Grading and student completed at lease one post, but not the total number of required posts (3 in example shown below).Image Modified

Open the Discussion Forum and Click the Grade Discussion Forum Button.Image Modified

 Why does my student's discussion forum show as Needs Grading?

• The Discussion Forum is setup to display in Needs Grading after X number of posts and the student has completed X number of posts.
  

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Open Needs Grading and Grade the User's Attempt for the Discussion and save the grade.