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update my profile and notification settings?

Parent Notification Preferences

Open Notification Settings

1. Click on the Account icon.

2. Click on the "Notifications" link.

Choose Your Preferences

1. Check Mark Icon - Immediate notification of any change for the activity
2. Clock Icon - Notified daily of any change for the activity (daily email is sent around 6pm)
3. Calendar Icon - Notified weekly of any change for the activity (weekly email is sent on Saturday)
4. Stop Icon -Does not sent notifications of this type

You may also want to consider changing your dashboard view to the Recent Activity newsfeed. This view consolidates notifications into a newsfeed-stye view by category, announcements, inbox messages, new assignments, and grade notifications. You may find it easier to track notifications from this view than from separate email notifications.

Each notification preference will apply to your whole Canvas account. Notifications cannot be set for an individual course or for an individual child. When Notify Me Right Away is selected, notifications may be delayed by up to one hour to prevent the user from being spammed by multiple notifications in a short period of time.

Note that Canvas Inbox and Announcement notifications sent to email will contain the full body of the message, while text notifications will be truncated versions of the message with links to the full message on the Canvas website. Refer to the Settings tab for further information on adding a phone number to your notification preferences.

text notification.png — Canvas course announcement sent as a text message notification

Recommended Preferences

Canvas notifications can quickly fill your Inbox. Below are the default Canvas notification settings. Using these settings will provide you with timely communications from your child's teachers without filling your inbox when minor modifications are made. As an Observer, you will only receive notifications for the starred items in this list:

Course Activities

*Due Date: Send weekly

*Grading Policies: Send weekly

*Course Content: Do not send

Files: Do not send

*Announcement: Notify me right away

Announcement Created By You: Do not send

*Grading: Notify me right away

*Invitation: Notify me right away

All Submissions: Do not send

Late Grading: Send daily

*Submission Comments: Send daily

Blueprint Sync: Send daily

Discussions

Discussion: Do not send

Discussion Post: Send daily

Conversations

Added to Conversation: Notify me right away

*Conversation Message: Notify me right away

*Conversations Created By Me: Do not send

Scheduling

*Student Appointment Signups: Do not send

*Appointment Signups: Notify me right away

*Appointment Cancellations: Notify me right away

Appointment Availability: Notify me right away

Calendar: Do not send

Groups

Membership Update: Send daily

Alerts

Administrative Notifications: Send daily

Conferences Recording Ready: Notify me right away

Changing Your Settings and Profile Picture

User Settings

1) Edit Settings

Editing Display Name

Your full name and display name will match the contact info you have on file. It is the name teachers will see in their communications with you.

2) Ways to Contact

Email Communication

Email Address Icons A. Your default email address will be designated with a star icon next to email address (see below). This will be the email address you are using to log in to Canvas. The blue font designates the email address as being registered. The gray font means that the email address still needs to be confirmed. To delete an email address, click on the trash can icon .

B. You may include more than one email address. However, only one email address will be considered the default email address. To add another email address, click the +Add Email Address link

Canvas Student - Confirm Email Address-1.png C. After adding an email address, you will be prompted to confirm your email address. If the message does not appear in your personal email in-box, re-send the confirmation message and check your spam box.

Canvas Student - Confirmation Email.png D. In your personal email account, you will receive a message from Instructure Canvas (notifications@instructure.com). The message will ask you to confirm your email address. Click on the text that says, "Click here to confirm this registration." Important: When confirming your email address through your personal email, you will also need to be signed into Canvas at the same time.

Adding Text Communication

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As of May 2020, Canvas SMS notification subscriptions are limited to to only Announcements and Grade notifications. To enable additional mobile notifications, install the the Canvas Parent App on your mobile device and configure push notification preferences on the Notifications page.

A. After entering your 10 digit mobile device number, select your mobile carrier. The SMS Email will auto-fill as you enter the first two fields. Once you have entered your mobile device number and have selected your carrier, click on "Register SMS."

Canvas Student - SMS Confirmation.png B. After entering your mobile device number into Canvas, a message will appear asking for the four-character confirmation code.

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C. Check your mobile device for a text message from Instructure Canvas. Enter the four-character confirmation code into the message box.

D. As with your email address, you may also delete a registered mobile device number as well at any time by clicking on the trash can icon.

3) Profile Picture

Canvas Student - Select Picture.png Note: The "Take a Picture"option is not available while using Safari or Internet Explorer. Your profile picture does not necessarily need to be a self-portrait. It could also be a picture of nature or a picture of an object.

User Setting Video

Watch the video below to learn how to update your settings and personalize your profile picture. Use the tabs above to skip the video and access the step-by-step directions provided.

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Notification Video

Watch the video below for information on how to set your notification preferences. Although Twitter is showcased in the video, do not establish Twitter as an approved Web Service. Twitter is not an approved third-party service for student use. Notifications for students should be established through email and/or phone. Students who use email notifications must meet the Terms of Service for the email provider.

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