Contact Methods & Notification Preferences
Choose your own communication adventure!
Do you remember those choose your own adventure books we all read as kids, you know, the ones where you got to make a choice about the story at the end of each page? Well, selecting your contact methods in Canvas is kind of like that...you get to choose how and when to receive information from Canvas. Selecting your contact methods is the "how" of your Canvas communication adventure. A contact method is simply a way for you to receive information. Canvas acts like a communication tunnel, pushing information back and forth along the contact methods you choose.
When you open your profile, you will have the opportunity to add contact methods and link to registered web services. This will allow you to receive notifications from Canvas via the methods that are most convenient for you. Twitter, SMS texting, and adding an additional email address are all ways you can choose to receive Canvas notifications. And no worries, students will never see your cell number (texting notifications) or your personal accounts.
Selecting your notifications preferences is the "when" of your Canvas communication adventure. Adjusting your notification preferences will help you improve your daily interaction with Canvas by customizing the amount of information that is just right for you. But, it may take more than one adjustment before you get your notifications set to best suit your needs. Remember that Canvas acts like a communication tunnel and it will send you notifications to through whichever contact methods you have chosen.
Notifications settings are global to your account. This means that you only need to change them once, only in one place, and that they are not course specific. Because notification preferences are global and not course specific, that also means you cannot control when your students receive information from your course, but you can certainly suggest that they all set their Announcement notifications to ASAP!
Learning Resources:
Explore the Guides links below. Each link will open in a new tab. You can return to Canvas by clicking on the Canvas tab in your browser.
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- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to Twitter as a web service in Canvas as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to web services outside of Canvas as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor? Links to an external site.
After exploring the Guides links, return to Canvas and click the "Next" button at the bottom right of the page to move to the next section of the module.