Quick Tip: Create MAGIC - Part 4 (Inbox)
The Regional Campus Instructional Design team is continuing our 5-week series on communication and MAGIC is our acronym that will help you engage and connect with your students.
As a reminder from the last tip, MAGIC stands for the following:
- Message Students Who
- Announcements
- Grade comments
- Inbox
- Comment Library
Inbox Messages/Conversations
This week is brought to you by the letter I!
The Canvas Inbox is a messaging tool instructors can use to communicate with their students. When users receive messages in Canvas, it also triggers notifications, meaning students can receive these messages in their Kent email or on their phone as well. Additionally, users can reply to Canvas messages from their email client, and the replies will go back into the Canvas Inbox conversation.
Tip: Right-click (or option-click) on the Inbox icon to open the Inbox in a new browser tab. Now you will be able to work in or view other pages in Canvas while keeping your Inbox handy.
Instructors can use the Inbox to:
- Send a message to all users in course by role (students, TAs, teachers)
- Draft a message and opt to send it individually
- Send a message to specific groups within a course
- Filter conversations by course
- View and reply to assignment submission comments (the G in our MAGIC acronym)
Click on any of the hyperlinks in this message for a more detailed explanation of the specified process.
Did you know? You are not limited to text-based messages. You can also add file attachments and record audio/video comments. While the Inbox itself does not have any file limits, attachments added to a message will be counted in the file limit for your account.
Keep in mind
Sending messages to students in a course is only an option while the course is published AND the course dates are open. Once a course has concluded, instructors will no longer have the option to send or respond to messages.