Overview
Canvas has many options for communication. Faculty/Staff/TAs can send announcements to classes. Additionally, Canvas has an internal messaging system that can be used for communication between members of a course. Moreover, there are video-conference options that can be used for real-time online interactions like class meetings and office hours.
- Announcements for Faculty/Staff/TAs
- Use the Announcements Index Page
- View and sort announcement replies
- Make an announcement in a courseÂ
- Edit an announcement
- Attach a file to an announcement
- Delete an announcement
- Add an external RSS feed to an announcement
- Subscribe to the Announcements RSS feedÂ
- Delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course
- Allow or disallow announcement replies in a course
- Reply to an announcement as an instructor
- Allow students to like replies in a course announcement
- Like a reply in a course announcement as an instructor
- Messages for Faculty/Staff/TAs
- Use Conversations as an instructor
- Find my unread messages in Conversations
- Filter conversations
- Star a conversation
- Send a message to a user in a course in Conversations
- Send a message to a user in a group in Conversations
- Send a message to all course users in Conversations
- Attach a file to a message
- Attach a media comment to a message
- Reply to a message in Conversations as an instructor
- Privately respond to one individual in a group message
- Reply to submission comments in Conversations
- Forward a message from a conversation
- Add new people to an existing conversation
- Delete a conversation
- Delete a message from a conversation
- Archive a conversation
- ISC Class Lists (recommended for sending email to a class)
- Video Conferences and Online Meetings for Faculty/Staff/TAs
- Use Zoom (recommended)
- Use Canvas Conferences (not recommended)
Last Updated: 23 Sep 2022