Canvas: Announcements
What do they do?
Announcements allow instructors to communicate with students about course activities. Announcements are designed to allow instructors to broadcast information out to all members (students, designers, TA, instructors, etc.) of a course or to all members of sections within a course.
Students may be able to reply to announcements, but replies are not considered to be a conversation and do not appear in the Conversations Inbox.
Note: Your course must be published for students to receive announcement notifications.
How do I do it?
- Learn how to add an announcement
Links to an external site. to your course.
Best Practices
- Show recent announcements Links to an external site. on the course home page.
- Be aware that students may turn off their notification preferences to not receive announcements via email; however, they will still see recent announcements when they view the course home page if you've opted to show recent announcements
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Example Use Cases
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Example 1: An instructor wants to remind students about an upcoming exam study session opportunity. To accomplish this, they log into the Canvas course, click Assignments from the course navigation menu, and "+ Add Announcement." Save changes. The announcement gets sent to students according to their notification preferences
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Example 2: An instructor of a fully online course recently published the next module a day earlier than scheduled; they want to let students know about it. To accomplish this, they create a new announcement and send it to all members of the course.
Further Reading/Information
- View all Announcements-related user guides Links to an external site.
- How do I edit announcements? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to an announcement? Links to an external site.
Technical Support & Consultation Requests
DoIT Help Desk • helpdesk.wisc.edu • help@doit.wisc.edu • (608) 264-4357
Additional Resources Online
Learn@UW Website with Guides & More Information • at.doit.wisc.edu/learn-uw
Learn@UW KnowledgeBase • kb.wisc.edu/luwmad