Users need to be able to customize notifications at the course level

As a user, I want to be able to keep frequent notifications enabled for courses that have high interaction, that I am more invested in, or I find important.  I want to be able to 'down-tune' or disable notifications for courses that have a lot of activity but not much interaction, courses that I am involved in as a staff member, or by my role in the institution involved in but not participating in so I do not receive notifications that I will end up ignoring and then also miss important notifications.

 

If the premise of Canvas Notifications is to keep me engaged in courses and informed about my courses, I need to be able to control that at a course level for it to be valuable to me and not just a 'firehose' of information.  If I cannot control it more granularity, I may turn all Notifications off and then miss something I actually did want to know about.

Note from the Community Team:https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/3663-notifications-by-course also requests this capability. We consider combined support for both ideas as part of our regular prioritization process.

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

For details, please read through the https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-18579-canvas-release-notes-2020-04-18 .

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Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Comments from Instructure

This feature has been developed and deployed to Canvas. For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2020-04-18) 

 @curtain  Thank You for sharing this idea, and thanks to everyone who commented and voted. Your investment in this idea has helped refine a feature that is now part of Canvas!

Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Comments from Instructure

The Course Notifications Settings page now supports granular notifications for the course. For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2020-06-20) 

crthomps
Community Member

I wish we could set notifications course by course. I am new on Canvas and am following a fellow professor on her Canvas site as a TA so that I can refer to her class. But I get her announcements all the time. Sigh. 

 

Thanks, Cara Thompson

San Diego State University

Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni

@crthomps 

The instructions for customizing notifications by course (depending on the permissions your school has associated with the TA role) are in

How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?

and

How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?

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