You can select when you would like to receive notifications from Canvas (immediately, daily, weekly, or none). Listed below are UWF's recommended notification settings.
Please note: As of May 2, 2020, Canvas will only allow users to enable SMS Notifications for announcements and grading.
We highly encourage users to transition to the Canvas Mobile App for push notifications as these notification types are more consistent and reliable.
Keep in mind:
- These settings are applied to all courses and organizations across Canvas; you cannot adjust notification settings for an individual course or organization.
- If you are forwarding your emails to another email account, these addresses MUST be added to your Canvas account in order to successfully reply to a Canvas email notification using that email account. Otherwise, your reply won't actually send.
- If there is a Canvas organization or an old class that you no longer want to receive notifications from, you can disable all notifications for that course or organization. We do not recommend switching off notifications for any courses that you are currently taking otherwise you may miss important information from your instructors.
We strongly recommend that you select the following settings for your Canvas notifications:
COURSE ACTIVITIES | ||
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Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Due Date | Immediately | On |
Grading Policies | Send weekly summary OR do not send me anything | Off |
Course Content | Send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Files | Send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Announcement | Immediately | On |
Announcement created by you | Immediately | On |
Grading | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Invitation | Immediately | On |
Submission Comment | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
DISCUSSIONS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Discussion |
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Discussion Post |
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CONVERSATIONS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification> | |
Added to conversation | Immediately | On |
Conversation message | Immediately | On |
Conversations created by me | Immediately | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
SCHEDULING | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Appointment signups | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Appointment cancellations | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Appointment availability | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Calendar | Immediately, or send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
CONFERENCES | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Recording ready | Send daily digest | Off |
ALERTS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Global Announcements | Immediately | On |
Only announcement and grading notifications can trigger SMS notifications. For more information about what each of these notification preferences entails, see Canvas's Notification Preferences PDF.