[ARCHIVED] Exporting canvas inbox content

[naga_rama_kotha]

If possible, I would like to export a some student correspondences to my official email. Is there a direct way of doing it?

[mzimmerman · Accepted solution]

Hi Rama,

There's really not an "export" option from the Canvas Inbox.  If you have your Canvas notification settings set so that you get email notifications for "Conversations" (which is another name for the Inbox), then copies of the Inbox messages will also be sent to your email when you receive them.  See this article for more information about notification preferences:

How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor? 

However, that doesn't really help with past conversations.  Maybe, if you already have email notifications set up for Conversations, you can "forward" the relevant messages to yourself within the Inbox (see https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12748-4152719689 ) and the notifications for those forwarded messages will get sent to your email.  That's not something I've tried, though.

Mike