Canvas Inbox

The Canvas Inbox allows users to send messages to one another within Canvas.

How can I use Canvas Inbox in teaching?

  • Send information or updates to an individual student, a section or a group.
  • Record a media comment (audio or video) to send to an individual student, a section or a group.
  • Send file attachments. Use the "Message Students Who..." feature from the gradebook to contact students who have not submitted an assessment, who scored lower than a given grade, or who scored higher than a given grade.

What is unique about Canvas Inbox?

  • Set notifications to send messages that you have sent or received to your UM email.

Who can use it?

Canvas users who have instructor and student access.

How do I get started?

Instructors and students access the Inbox through the course navigation button within a Canvas site.

Inbox is a part of Canvas, so there is no software to install. The Canvas Inbox will run in your web browser and on almost any internet connection.