Chapter 6

You’ve Got Mail in Canvas Inbox

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Discovering the Canvas Inbox

Bullet Messaging students without additional tools

Bullet Deleting versus archiving messages

Bullet Building connections with your students

You’re likely familiar with the use of email in your school district. As an instructor, email can be both a blessing and a curse. Being able to communicate with your students (and their parents) through email is a great way to build relationships and keep everyone in the loop, but it can be cumbersome to manage your personal email, your work email, and your communication with students in a centralized location.

With Canvas Inbox, the built-in messaging tool in Canvas LMS, you can keep your communication with your students inside Canvas, which means those course-related emails never have to leave the platform. Ever! This is a good thing. In this chapter, we discuss how to use the Canvas Inbox and how it can help you achieve communication greatness in Canvas LMS.

Exploring the Canvas Inbox

The Canvas Inbox messaging tool is a great way to communicate with a group, an entire course, ...

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