Course-level notifications and how to change your default settings

Posted on: 27 August 2021 by Strategic Change Communications Team in Canvas at Liverpool

The default course level notification settings are inherited from your account-level notification settings. To change your course-specific notification settings follow these steps. Please note: Course-level notification settings will override account level notification preferences.

Read this Canvas Community for detailed guidance on course-level settings

How to change your course-level notification settings

1. Go to the Canvas course where you want to update your notification settings via your Dashboard

2. On the Home page of your course, click the View Course Notifications button.

Course notifications home

3. You can choose to enable/disable notifications for each course you are enrolled in by moving the Enable Notifications toggle.

If the toggle button is green with a check mark - you have enabled notifications for this course (as shown below).
If the toggle button is gray with an x - you have disabled notifications for this course.

Course toggle on

4. Next to each notification item, you will see the current notification setting icon. To change the notification frequency for an item, click on the notification setting icon. A sub-menu will appear with your notification frequency options. Select the appropriate frequency notification setting icon.

Understanding the symbols

Solid Bell: To receive notification right away. Delayed one-hour to capture all changes, which prevents multiple notifications at the same time.
Calendar with number: Daily summary notification via email.
Calendar with date boxes: Weekly summary notification via email.
Clear Bell with Slash: Does not send notification for that item.
Description of course-level notification types

notification settings

Notification types

Please see below for the description of each notification type. All notifications are customisable.

Notification type	What functionality is covered
Course activities
Due date	Assignment due date change
Grading policies	Course grading policy change
Course content	Change to course content including: Pages, Quiz Content, Assignment Content
Files	New files added to your course
Announcement	New announcements in your course
Announcements created By you	New announcements created by you, and replies to announcements you've created
Grading	Includes: Assignment/submission grade entered/changed; Un-muted assignment grade; Grade weight changed.
Invitation	Invitation for: Web conference; Group; Collaboration; Course; Peer Review reminder
All submissions*	Assignment submission/resubmission
Late grading*	Late assignment submission
Submission comment	Assignment submission comment
Blueprint sync*	Content was synced from a blueprint course to associated courses
Discussions
Discussion	New discussion topic in your course
Discussion post	New discussion post in a topic you're subscribed to
Scheduling
Student appointment signups*	Student appointment sign-up
Appointment signups	New appointment on your calendar
Appointment cancellations	Appointment cancellation
Appointment availability	New appointment time slots are available for signup
Calendar	New and change items on your course calendar

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