Update your Profile & Notification Preferences

Canvas can be set to notify you by email when certain things happen, for example, when an assignment that you have submitted has been graded. By default, these notifications will go to your CCP email, but you can set Canvas up to send these notifications to another email. You can also add an image to your profile. Here is how to update your profile and notification preferences in Canvas:

Update Your Profile

  1. Open your profile by clicking the Account icon in the upper left corner of the Canvas menu bar.

Screen shot of the profile page in the canvas online tool

  1. Click the Profile link on the pop-up menu 
  2. Click on the profile picture to update it. 
  3. Edit your bio to introduce yourself to your teacher and classmates. 
  4. Save your profile. 

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Notifications

Notification Preferences allow users to select how and when they want to be notified when various events occur within a course. Notification settings are applied to all courses. Canvas users can choose how often they want to receive Canvas notifications.

Communication Channels

First, set the ways you want to be notified. Canvas supports notification through email, SMS text message, and Twitter. Your account already has your school email address as a communication channel.

If you want to receive notification as text messages on your phone, click Settings on left. Then click the Add contact Method on the right.

Image of where Contact method link is in the Canvas tool

Set Your Notifications

Click Notifications on the left. You can hover your mouse over a course activity item to see a description of that notification. Hover over the notification type you want to change and choose immediate, daily, weekly, none.

notifications settings located in the Canvas tool

1. Immediately 2. Daily 3. Weekly 4.Never

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