Managing your Canvas notifications

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

Within Canvas, you can change how frequently you receive notifications relating to your Canvas courses.

You can control default notification preferences at both account-level and within each of your Canvas courses.

Read this blog to find out how to modify your account-level settings
Read this blog for details on to change your course-level default settings

You will also find more detailed guidance on notification settings in this Canvas Community article.

Recommended settings

In order to ensure you receive all types of communication from students on your courses, we recommend that you adopt the follow settings for your notifications within Canvas.

Notification type	What functionality is covered	Recommended notification setting
Course activities
Announcement created by you	Announcements created by you, and replies to announcements you've created	Notify immediately
Submission comment	Assignment submission comment	Notify immediately
Conversations (Inbox) - this is an account-level setting only
Added to conversation	You are added to a conversation	Notify immediately
Conversation message	New inbox messages	Notify immediately
Conversations created by me	You created a conversation (sent message)	Notify immediately
Scheduling
Student appointment signups	Student appointment sign-up	Notify immediately
Appointment signups	New appointment on your calendar	Notify immediately
Appointment cancellations	Appointment cancellation	Notify immediately
Calendar	New and change items on your course calendar	Notify immediately

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