You can select when you would like to receive notifications from Canvas (immediately, daily, weekly, or none). Listed below are FSU's recommended notification settings. If you are an instructor, click here.
Please note: As of May 2, 2020, Canvas will only allow users to enable SMS Notifications for announcements and grading.
We highly encourage users to transition to the Canvas Mobile App for push notifications as these notification types are more consistent and reliable. Read more about this Canvas SMS messaging update.
Keep in mind:
We strongly recommend that you select the following settings for your Canvas notifications:
COURSE ACTIVITIES | ||
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Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Due Date | Immediately | On |
Grading Policies | Send weekly summary OR do not send me anything | Off |
Course Content | Send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Files | Send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Announcement | Immediately |
On |
Announcement created by you | Immediately |
On |
Grading | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Invitation | Immediately | On |
Submission Comment | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
DISCUSSIONS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Discussion |
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Discussion Post |
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CONVERSATIONS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification> | |
Added to conversation | Immediately | On |
Conversation message | Immediately | On |
Conversations created by me | Immediately | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
SCHEDULING | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Appointment signups | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Appointment cancellations | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Appointment availability | At your discretion: choose your preferred option | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
Calendar | Immediately, or send daily summary | At your discretion: choose your preferred option |
CONFERENCES | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Recording ready | Send daily digest | Off |
ALERTS | ||
Email Notification | Push Notification | |
Global Announcements |
Immediately | On |
Only announcement and grading notifications can trigger SMS notifications. For more information about what each of these notification preferences entails, see Canvas's Notification Preferences PDF.
The settings you choose may vary depending on how actively you participate in Canvas organization sites and how "plugged in" to your Canvas course sites you want to be. We recognize that everyone will have different preferences. With that in mind, we put together the following table containing our recommendations to help guide you in selecting your Canvas notification settings:
Keep in mind:
Only announcement and grading notifications can trigger SMS notifications. For more information about what each of these notification preferences entails, see Canvas's Notification Preferences PDF.