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

2. 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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 /social media account changes you might have.

6. The SRJC Portal and Canvas Work Together!
Changing your address
New for the JC?
Change it in your Cubby
Then it changes in your Profile and Notifications in Canvas.
This will also be the starred address that you see in your Profile in Canvas.
Want to know how to change your , 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!

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

8. 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…

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

10. Remember to keep your information in the Portal and Canvas up to date!
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