Canvas@Illinois , Default Notification Settings
This document summarizes the default notifications for Canvas users.
Account-level notifications apply to all courses. Notifications for individual courses can be changed within each course and will override these notifications.
Daily notifications will be delivered around 6pm. Weekly notifications will be delivered Saturday between 2am and 4am.
Notifications are sent to the user's email by default (which can be changed)...here are other default settings for new users:
| Canvas Interactions | Interaction Type | Notification Type |
| Course Activities | Due Date Assignment due date change |
weekly summary |
| Grading Policies Course grading policy change |
weekly summary | |
| Course Content Change to course content: Page content Quiz content Assignment content |
off | |
| Files New file added to your course |
off | |
| Announcement New Announcement in your course |
notify immediately | |
| Announcement Created By You Announcements created by you Replies to announcements you've created |
off | |
| Grading Includes: Assignment/submission grade entered/changed Grade weight changed |
notify immediately | |
| Invitation Invitation for: Web conference Group Collaboration Peer Review & reminder |
notify immediately | |
| All Submissions Instructor and Admin only: Assignment (except quizzes) submission/re-submission |
off | |
| Late Grading Instructor and Admin only: Late assignment submission |
daily summary | |
| Submission Comment Assignment submission comment |
daily summary | |
| Blueprint Sync Instructor and Admin only: Content was synced from a blueprint course to associated courses |
daily summary | |
| Discussions | New Topic New Discussion topic in your course |
off |
| New Reply New reply on a topic you're subscribed to |
daily summary | |
| New Mention New Mention in a Discussion. Discussion Mentions are only available for courses or accounts that have the Discussions/Announcements Redesign feature flag turned on. |
notify immediately | |
| Conversations | Added To Conversation You are added to a conversation |
notify immediately |
| Conversation Message New Inbox messages |
notify immediately | |
| Conversations Created By Me You created a conversation |
off | |
| Scheduling | Student Appointment Signups Instructor and Admin only: Student appointment sign-up |
off |
| Appointment Signups New appointment on your calendar |
notify immediately | |
| Appointment Cancellations Appointment cancellation |
notify immediately | |
| Appointment Availability New appointment timeslots are available for signup |
notify immediately | |
| Calendar New and changed items on your course calendar |
off | |
| Groups | Membership Update Admin only: pending enrollment activated Group enrollment accepted/rejected |
daily summary |
| Conferences | Recording Ready A conference recording is ready |
notify immediately |
| Alerts | Administrative Notifications Instructor and Admin only: Course enrollment Report generated Content export Migration report New account user New student group |
daily summary |
| Content Link Error Instructor and Admin only: Location and content of a failed link that a student has interacted with |
daily summaruy | |
| Global Announcements Institution-wide announcements (also displayed on Dashboard pages) |
notify immediately | |