Getting the Most Out of Canvas @ SRJC Setting up your notification preferences

What are Notifications? Notifications are the way Canvas lets you know what is going on in your courses Canvas has set up notifications as a set of global preferences This means that the same preferences are applied to all your courses and you receive the same notifications from each one once you set up those preferences

Video: Where Do I Go in Canvas to Set Up Notifications?

2 Important Questions When Setting Up Notifications 1. What delivery format is this course in? Online classes may rely solely or very heavily on Canvas so Notifications might be the way you find out important information about the course Face to face classes may rely less heavily on Canvas for communicating need-to-know information 2. What tools do your instructors most often use in Canvas? What sorts of activities and features are your instructors using in your courses? EXAMPLE: If your instructors aren’t using Discussion Boards for the courses you are enrolled in then changing your notification preferences to exclude discussion board notifications might make sense.

More Tips Check and update your notification preferences every semester to reflect changes to the formats of your courses, your instructors’ uses of Canvas, and any communication device or email/social media account changes you might have.

The SRJC Portal and Canvas Work Together! Changing your email address New email for the JC? Change it in your Cubby Then it changes in your Profile and Notifications in Canvas. This will also be the starred email address that you see in your Profile in Canvas. Want to know how to change your email, phone number, address, etc. in your Cubby? Did you know you can set a preferred name to appear on course rosters? Check out the next slides for a visual how-to!

Log Into the Portal Log in to Your Cubby (the Portal) Click on the Update Account link

From the ‘Update Account’ Link, You Can… Edit Your Contact Information Edit Your Mailing Address Edit Your Preferred First Name From the ‘Update Account’ Link, You Can…

Make Changes and Update Your Account Change Your Mailing Address Change Your Email Set Your Preferred First Name Make Changes and Update Your Account Be sure to click update account when you are done editing

Remember to keep your information in the Portal and Canvas up to date! Thanks for viewing!