Learn how to edit your Notification preferences, create student groups, and more. From managing Course Announcements and Discussion Boards, to using the Canvas Inbox, it's covered here.
You can create an announcement to share important information with all users within your course and with users in sections of a course. View all your course announcements in the Announcements Index Page.
The Inbox tool is used to communicate with students in your course. You can send a message to individual students or all students in a course. Inbox messages will be sent to students via email by default.
The Chat tool allows users in a course to interact in real time.
Collaborations allow you to create a link to a shared Office 365 document in the course that specified users can access and edit. The file options are Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
As an instructor, you can add discussions and modify discussion settings on the Discussion Index page, which allows you to view all the discussions within a course. Discussions can be graded or ungraded.
Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your account and individual courses. Notifications are sent to Canvas contact methods as specified in your account. However, you can change the default settings by setting your own notification settings.
Canvas Teacher allows teachers to facilitate their courses on the go, inside and outside the classroom. This app provides quick access to grading, communicating, and updating—three of teachers' most frequent course facilitation tasks through Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes.
Flip is an innovative video discussion platform designed to enhance teaching and learning experiences. Formerly known as Flipgrid, Flip enables instructors to create and share discussion topics with students, who can respond with short video recordings.
Groups in Canvas are a great way to facilitate collaboration and peer learning in your course. In this article, we'll guide you through the process of setting up and managing groups, so you can take advantage of this feature and enhance your students' learning experience.
Microsoft Teams is a collaborative online meeting platform that integrates many Office 365 services. This article provides information on integrating Microsoft Teams with your Canvas course.