Within Canvas @ Yale, you can modify your notification preferences to determine how frequently you receive email notifications from individual Canvas @ Yale course sites. Your account-level notification settings are your default notification preferences, which will be used in all Canvas courses.
Account-level notification settings are overridden by course-level notification preferences. Review the Modifying Your Default Canvas Account Notification Settings article for more information.
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This article will address the following information:
Changing Course-Level Notification Preferences
Notifications received from Canvas to your email address will come from "[Course Name] <[email protected]>"
- In the course site where you want to update your notification settings, navigate to the "Home" page.
- Click the "View Course Notifications" button in the right-hand column of options.
- Next to each notification item in the list, click the icon in the "Email" column to select the notification frequency.
Notification Frequency Icons
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Notify Immediately (solid bell): Receive notification email right away.
- Notifications will be delayed one-hour to capture any changes, which prevents multiple notifications at the same time.
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Daily summary (calendar with number): Daily notification via email.
- Daily notifications will be delivered around 6pm.
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Weekly summary (calendar with date boxes): Weekly notification via email.
- Weekly notifications will be delivered Saturday between 4pm and 6pm.
- Notifications off (clear bell with slash): Does not send notification email for that item.
Enable / Disable Notifications For an Entire Course
You can choose to enable / disable notifications for an entire course you are enrolled in by toggling the "Enable Notifications" setting at the top of the "Course Notification Settings" page for the course.
- If the toggle button is green with a check mark, you have enabled notifications for the course.
- If the toggle button is gray with an x, you have disabled notifications for the course.
Description of Course-Level Notification Types
Please see below for the description of each notification type.
|
Notification Type |
What functionality is covered |
|
Course Activities | |
| Due Date |
Assignment due date change |
| Grading Policies |
Course grading policy change |
| Course Content |
Change to course content including: Pages, Quiz Content, Assignment Content |
| Files |
New files added to your course |
| Announcement |
New announcements in your course |
| Announcements Created By You |
New announcements created by you, and replies to announcements you've created |
| Grading |
Includes: Assignment/submission grade entered/changed; Grade weight changed |
| Invitation |
Invitation for: Web conference; Group; Collaboration; Course Enrollment Invite; Peer Review reminder |
| All Submissions* |
Assignment submission/resubmission |
| Late Grading* |
Late assignment submission |
| Submission Comment |
Assignment submission comment |
| Blueprint Sync* |
Content was synced from a blueprint course to associated courses |
|
Discussions | |
| New Topic | New discussion topic in your course |
| New Reply | New reply on a topic you're subscribed to |
| New Mention | New mention in a discussion |
|
Scheduling | |
| Student Appointment Signups* |
Student appointment sign-up |
| Appointment Signups |
New appointment on your calendar |
| Appointment Cancellations |
Appointment cancellation |
| Appointment Availability |
New appointment time slots are available for signup |
| Calendar |
New and change items on your course calendar |
|
Conferences | |
| Recording Ready |
A conference recording is ready |
*Instructor and Admin only
For more technical details about each notification setting, please refer to the vendor's Canvas Notifications documentation, which provides a much more detailed explanation of the notification settings and behaviors.
For Account-level notification setting recommendations, please refer to the articles below:
For general help, please contact [email protected].