Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your courses. However, you can change the default settings by setting your own notification settings.

 

Notifications are sent as one of four delivery types:

• Notify immediately
• Daily summary
• Weekly summary
• Notifications off

 

If you change a setting, the change is made immediately to your account.

 

1. Log into your Canvas account. 

 

2. Click Account [1] in the top left navigation pane then click Notifications [2].

 

 

3. The notifications screen allows you to adjust your email notification preferences as well as any push notification preferences if you are using a mobile app.

 

 

4. Each notification is set to a default setting. To change a notification for a contact method, locate the notification and click the icon for the contact method [1].

 

To receive a notification right away, select the Notify immediately option [2]. These notifications may be delayed by up to one hour in case an instructor makes additional changes, which prevents you from being spammed by multiple notifications in a short amount of time.

 

To receive a daily notification, select the Daily summary option [3]. The date and time of your daily notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the Notification Settings page.

 

To receive a weekly notification, select the Weekly summary option [4]. The date and time of your weekly notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the Notification Settings page.

 

If you do not want to receive a notification, select the Notifications off option [5].

 

Unsupported notification types display the Unsupported icon [6]. You cannot manage unsupported notifications.