Notification Management

Canvas notifications can be a blessing or a curse. The good news is that you can control which notifications you wish to receive, and how often. The bad news is that your settings are not course specific, so your selections will apply to ALL of your courses.

You can set your notification preferences for a myriad of choices under your "Account" tab.

Here is how to set your notifications: (see supporting image below)

  • Click the Account button at the top of the maroon navigation bar.

  • Click the Notifications link that appears

  • Make changes to the notifications listed based on your preferences.

Note: Some of these preference descriptions are a little obscure. If you are not sure about a notification setting, it is likely you will want it to stay as it is.

Your choices for frequency are:

No Notification

Immediate Notification - You will receive a notification as soon as a trigger occurs (students turn in late work, students message you, or whatever settings you have turned on)

Daily Notification - You get one email per day with all daily notifications included

Weekly Notification - You get all weekly notifications bundled together in a single email