[ARCHIVED] Announcements

[cruscett]

Is there a setting so students cannot turn off announcements?

[kmeeusen · Accepted solution]

Hi  @cruscett  Welcome to the Canvas Community!

Students cannot turn off Announcements. That has never been a feature in Canvas  Students can delete an announcement, but only in a group per this guide https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10604-421250745 

Are you seeing a different behavior? if so, I would suggest contacting Canvas Support.

Kelley

[cruscett]

My teachers were saying that students can turn off notifications for

announcements and therefore not get announcements. They didn't think they

used to have that option to turn off the notifications for announcements.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:09 AM Kelley L. Meeusen <instructure@jiveon.com>

[kmeeusen]

Hi again  @cruscett 

Yes, all users have control over their Notifications, but turning off Notices of Announcements does not actually turn off the Announcements  - they are still available to the students when they navigate to the Announcements page. Quite honestly, some teachers overuse Announcements, and some students get tired of their email and phones being blown-up by notices of Announcements posted in all of their courses.

Kelley

[cruscett]

Thank you. I do think students should not be able to turn off

announcements. If they have to navigate to announcements to read them then

there is a good probability that many of our Middle Schoolers will not read

them at all or get them in a timely manner.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:19 AM Kelley L. Meeusen <instructure@jiveon.com>