Canvas - Sending Notifications

Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your courses, or you can change the default settings by setting your own notification settings. These settings only apply to you; they are not used to control how course updates are sent to your students. To learn more about each notification, default settings, and notification triggers, view the Canvas Notifications resource document.

Notifications are sent as one of four delivery types: notify me right away, daily summary, weekly summary, or don't send. If you change a setting, the change is made immediately to your account.

Notification settings apply to all of your courses unless you set notification settings for individual courses.
 

• In Global Navigation (left panel) , click the Account link , then click the Notifications link.
• On the Notification Settings page, you can manage notification settings for your Canvas account and/or manage notification settings for individual courses using the "Settings for.." dropdown menu.
• By default, the "Settings for.." dropdown displays the Account option. A banner displays stating account-level notification settings apply to all of your Canvas courses, however, any course-specific notification settings override account notification settings . To dismiss the message, click the Close icon.
• Scroll through the list of account-level (or course-level) items that you can be notified about.
• Each notification has a default delivery frequency preference. To view the current notification delivery frequency for a notification type and contact method, hover over the notification icon.
• Each notification is set to a default setting. To change a notification for a contact method, locate the notification and click the icon for the contact method.
• To receive a notification right away, select the Notify immediately option. These notifications may be delayed to students by up to one hour in case an instructor makes additional changes, which prevents the recipient being spammed by multiple notifications in a short amount of time.
• To receive a daily notification, select the Daily summary option.
• To receive a weekly notification, select the Weekly summary option. The date and time of your weekly notifications are posted at the bottom of the notifications page.
• If you do not want to receive a notification, select the Notifications off option.

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