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Canvas - About the Inbox
The article organizes various guides for using the Inbox feature in Canvas into four main categories, aimed at instructors. These include managing and navigating messages, creating and sending messages, replying and responding, and advanced message management. Overall, it provides a comprehensive guide covering everything from basic navigation to advanced functions, tailored to the needs of educational instructors.
Managing and Navigating Messages
This section guides on how to managing your Inbox in Canvas, including finding unread messages and applying filters to better organize your communication.
- How do I use Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I find my unread messages in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I filter Inbox as an instructor?
Creating and Sending Messages
Learn how to initiate conversations and send messages to individual or group members within your course, along with instructions on attaching files and media comments.
- How do I start a conversation in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to a user in a group in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to all course users in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I attach a file to a message as an instructor?
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as an instructor?
Replying and Responding
Navigating responses can be key to effective communication. In this part, you'll discover how to reply to messages, provide private responses within group messages, and engage with submission comments.
- How do I reply to a message in Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as an instructor?
- How do I reply to submission comments in Inbox as an instructor?
Advanced Message Management
Explore forwarding messages, adding new people to existing conversations, and managing your conversations through deletion or archiving.
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I archive a conversation as an instructor?
Instructors are welcome to contact the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for additional support. This article was developed using the Canvas Guides provided by Canvas.