Home Page notification

[AnneDeArmon]

Hello everyone,

I have a notification next to my grades tab on my home page. For a learner this would be a sign that the instructor has graded something. But I am an instructor so why do I have the same icon?

I have searched the course guides but don't see this anywhere.

Does anyone know?

Anne

[ProfessorBeyrer · Accepted solution]

That means, @AnneDeArmon, that you are likely enrolled as a student somewhere on your instance of Canvas. It's also possible to be enrolled in the same class in which you are enrolled as a teacher, though I don't recommend this. I just did a test to replicate the situation you reported. I was able to, but now I can't unenroll myself as a student. 🤣 Luckily it's a sandbox course so none of the students enrolled are real.

You can select the item to view in which course you received a grade. Hopefully it was fair, and your local sysadmin can help you unenroll if needed. Now, I wonder how I contact mine...

[AnneDeArmon]

I thought of that as well. But I am not a student in any of my courses. One of my colleagues thought it might be because I have a test student and it was actually his/hers but I have test students in all my sections. So I am still unsure. It would be nice if when I click on it that I would go right to where it was talking about. But it just goes to my gradebook in general.

[ProfessorBeyrer]

Thanks for that update. This sounds like a case for the Canvas support team. The Help menu in your Global Navigation should have an option to report a problem or chat with Canvas support.