Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your courses. However, 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 other users. 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:
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.
You may be able to reply directly to email notifications outside of Canvas. Replies are updated in the Canvas Inbox. However, attachments added as part of an external reply are not included with the message shown in Canvas.
00:07: How do I manage my Canvas notification settings as a student? 00:11: In Global Navigation, click the Account link, then click the Notifications link. 00:17: On the notification settings page you can manage how you receive notifications 00:21: for your canvas account and or manage how you receive notifications for individual courses. 00:27: A banner describes the settings you are managing another Banner indicates the 00:31: times when daily and weekly notifications will be delivered. 00:35: To dismiss a banner message. Click the close icon. 00:39: By default the settings for drop-down menu displays the account option. 00:43: Account level notification settings apply to all of your canvas courses. 00:47: However, any course specific notification settings override 00:51: account notification settings. 00:55: You can view your current account level settings. 00:58: Account level notification types are listed by category. 01:01: There are notifications for course activities discussions conversations 01:05: groups scheduling and conferences. 01:10: You can also view your contact methods such as email addresses and push notifications 01:14: for mobile devices. 01:17: Each notification has a default delivery frequency setting to view the 01:21: current notification delivery frequency for a notification type and contact 01:25: method hover over the notification icon. 01:29: To view details for a notification hover the cursor over the notification 01:33: name. View details such as the activities that trigger the notification. 01:38: Each notification is set to a default setting to change a notification for 01:42: a contact method locate the notification and click the icon for 01:46: the contact method. 01:49: To receive a notification right away select the notify immediately option. 01:54: These notifications may be delayed by up to 1 hour in case an instructor makes 01:58: additional changes which prevents you from being spammed by multiple notifications 02:02: in a short amount of time. 02:05: To receive a daily notification select the daily summary option the 02:09: date and time of your daily notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the notification 02:13: settings page. 02:16: To receive a weekly notification select the weekly summary option the 02:20: date and time of your weekly notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the notification 02:24: settings page. 02:27: If you do not want to receive a notification select the notifications off 02:31: option. 02:33: Unsupported notification types display the unsupported icon. 02:36: You cannot manage unsupported notifications. 02:41: If you have enabled push notifications in the canvas student mobile app on an Android 02:45: device or on an iOS device. You can manage your settings in the push notification 02:49: column. Push notifications can only be sent to your mobile 02:53: device right away or not at all. Daily and weekly notification 02:58: options are not supported. Some categories include limited 03:02: availability for push notifications for full details about supported 03:06: notifications for push notifications refer to the canvas notifications 03:10: resource document. 03:13: If your institution uses a third-party messaging application called slack and 03:17: has enabled slack as a contact method you can add slack as a contact 03:21: method and receive direct message notifications from canvas and Slack. 03:26: Slack notifications may vary depending on your slack notification settings. 03:32: This guide covered how to manage my Canvas notification settings as a student.
In Global Navigation, click the Account link [1], then click the Notifications link [2].
