Within Canvas @ Yale, you can modify your account notification settings to determine how frequently you receive email notifications from your Canvas @ Yale course sites. Your account-level notification settings are your default notification preferences, which will be used in all Canvas courses. You are able to set your notification preferences at the course-level as well.
Course-level notification preferences override default (account-level) notification preferences. Review the Modifying Your Canvas Course-Level Notification Settings article for more information.
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This article will address the following information:
Changing Default Account-Level Notification Preferences
Notifications received from Canvas to your email address will come from "[Course Name] <[email protected]>"
- Click on "Account" on the Global Navigation.
- From the side menu that appears, click "Notifications."
- 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.
Description of 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; 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 a topic you're subscribed to |
| New Mention | New mention in a Discussion |
|
Conversations | |
| Added to Conversation |
You are added to a conversation |
| Conversation Message |
New Inbox messages |
| Conversations Created By Me |
You created a conversation |
|
Scheduling | |
| Student Appointment Signups* |
Student appointment sign-up |
| Appointment Signups |
New appointment on your calendar |
| Appointment Cancellations |
Appointment cancellation |
| Appointment Availability |
New appointment timeslots are available for signup |
| Calendar |
New and change items on your course calendar |
|
Groups | |
| Membership Update** |
Group enrollment, and accepted/rejected |
|
Conferences | |
| Recording Ready |
A conference recording is ready |
|
Alerts | |
| Administrative Notifications* |
Course enrollment, report generated, content export, migration report, new account user, and new student group |
| Content Link Error* |
Location and content of a failed link that a student has interacted with |
| Global Announcements | Institution-wide announcements (also displayed on Dashboard pages) |
*Instructor and Admin only
**Admin only: pending enrollment activated
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].