Setting notification preferences in Canvas

You can personalize your notification preferences to determine which course activities you wish to receive notifications for, how often you wish to be notified, and which method you prefer (e.g., email or text message).

102 - Notification Settings from Instructure Canvas Community.

From your Account menu, select the Notifications link to access and edit your preferences (See Fig. 1).
Account menu in Canvas. Profile photo is displayed at top. Options include Logout, Profile, Settings, Notifications, Files, and ePortfolios
Figure 1: Account menu in Canvas

Note: If you are an instructor who wants to get a notification when you have posted an announcement or sent a conversation message, you will need to adjust your settings; these are not sent by default (See Fig. 2).
Setting notification preferences in Canvas. Announcements Created By You selected for immediate notifications
Figure 2: Setting notification preferences to request notification of announcements you have created

Default Notification Settings

Notification Settings in Canvas, showing options to notify right away, send daily summary, send weekly summary, or no notification

Figure 3: Canvas notification setting options

Learn more about Canvas notification preferences.

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