Self-Help Guides Canvas: Communicate with Students This self-help guide helps you use tools available within Canvas to communicate with your students. View Options Expand All Categories Collapse All Categories Print Friendly View Communicate with Students Send Messages to Students Use the Inbox Learn about the Inbox Use the Inbox as an Instructor Use the Inbox as a Student Use Chat Use Chat in Canvas Send a Message from the Gradebook Message Students from the Gradebook Make Course Announcements Use the Announcement Tool Use the Announcement Tool Page Add an Announcement Edit an Announcement Delete an Announcement View and Sort Announcement Replies Delay an Announcement Until a Specific Date Reply to an Announcement as an Instructor Allow Students to like Replies in a Course Announcement Allow or disallow announcement replies in a Course Disable Comments on All Announcements in a Course Communicate Important Dates Use the Calendar Use the Calendar as an Instructor Add an Event to a Course Calendar Add a Repeating Event to a Course Calendar Edit an Event or Assignment in the Calendar Set a Different Event Date for Each Section in a Course Calendar Set up Student Conferences via the Calendar Add a Scheduler Appointment Group in a course Calendar View or Edit a Scheduler Appointment Group in the Scheduler Page Remove Students from a Scheduler Appointment in the Scheduler Page Manage your Calendar Subscribe to the Calendar Feed Using Google Calendar Add a Personal Reminder to the Calendar Filter the Calendar View by Course Use the To Do List Use the To Do List as an Instructor Use the To Do List as a Student Facilitate Discussions Use the Discussions Tool Create a Discussion as an Instructor Duplicate a Discussion in a Course Delete a Discussion in a Course Create a Group Discussion in a Course Assign a Graded Discussion to an Individual Student Assign a Graded Discussion to a Course Group Assign a Graded Discussion to a Course Section Use the Zoom in Canvas Integration Hold Zoom Meetings Within Canvas Host a Zoom Meeting within Canvas Secure Your Zoom Meeting Teach, Meet, and Learn with Zoom See this comprehensive self-help guide for more information. Was this page helpful? Yes No How could this page be better? If you have a technology question, contact Technology Help. If you have feedback about this webpage, please share it below. Leave this field blank Additional Resources Canvas: Get Started with Canvas Canvas: Create and Organize Content Canvas: Assess and Grade Student Work Canvas: Use Groups for Collaboration
