Where else do you get a notification for a student comment in an assignment other than an email?

[adean5]

I would like to know how to be notified of a student comment on an assignment other than the email notification.  Nothing I see on the dashboard or even when you open the course notifies me that there is a comment from a student.  Is there a way to change that?

Angela

[greydon · Accepted solution]

Hello @adean5 

We're sorry to hear you've been experiencing issues with comment notifications from students. It sounds like you already have them enabled and would like to see  this elsewhere as a pop-up or possibly to-do notification instead of direct email. Currently, if a student comments on a graded assignment submission, the only notification we have setup is through your main notification settings. You of course can view the comments  by going to Speedgrader but there is no built-in integration to add only comment updates to your to-do or a custom built notification pop-up.  

We understand the need for alternatives besides regular email and push notifications and encourage you to check out our Roadmap and Idea Conversations here: 

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Product-Roadmap/ct-p/roadmap

We take suggestions like these seriously and we appreciate your patience while we work to implement great ideas such as this. For now, we encourage you to use the Canvas Messaging System (Inbox), email notifications, or periodically check these assignments. Encouraging your students to reach out directly should they need to bring anything of importance to your attention is also always a good idea. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! 

[bvanbuskirk]

It would be great if there were an icon on the item in the gradebook that has a new student comment. Even if you graded it already, it could appear with a little chat icon so you can easily identify (from the gradebook area) if a student left an additional comment. @greydon @adean5 

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @bvanbuskirk …

If you would like to see something like that as a standard part of the Gradebook, it would be best to submit that as a Feature Idea here in the Canvas Community website.  Here are a few Guides to get you started:

• How do idea conversations work in the Instructure Community?
• What is the feature development process for Instructure products?
• How do I create a new idea conversation in the Instructure Community?

I hope this will be of help to you.