Adjusting the Notifications within Canvas (LMS)

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We recommend that you choose the 'Notify me right away' for Conversations, which is represented by the tick/check. This will allow you to get private messages sent from Canvas to your preferred e-mail instantly.

Don't miss important notifications from your teachers

Notifications via Canvas apply to all courses and not just to one specific course. If you choose to receive notifications then you will get an e-mail telling what to check. You can choose which e-mail you want the notification to go to. Although you cannot change the default e-mail in Canvas you can add a secondary email (and make it your preferred e-mail) to ensure that you do not miss important notifications sent to you by your teachers. To change notifications for a specific course then go to the course start page and in the menu to the right click on View Course Notifications and make your changes.

To add a secondary e-mail do the following.

Account settings

1. Click on Account.
2. Click on Settings.

Add you e-mail

3. Click on + E-email address in the far right corner.

register email

4. Add your own e-mail.
5. Click on Register email.

confirm email

6. Now you see a message that you will need to confirm your e-mail adress. Click on OK, Thanks and then click on the link in your private mail to confirm this action.

7. Once your email address is confirmed, you can click Notifications and set how often you want to be notified about different things (a cross means you don't want any notification).

notification settings

We recommend you check the box for "Added in the conversation" and "Conversation message". This means that every time someone sends a personal message to you via the learning platform, it will also be sent to your private email address. You can also reply to messages there, but you cannot attach a file. For that you need to reply to the message via Canvas Inbox instead.

TIP: If you hover the mouse pointer over the name of the individual settings, Canvas will give you an explanation of what the setting means in practice.

For detailed instructions please see Canvas Student Guide at https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701