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[ShirleySpady]

How do I email my instructor from my canvas home page?

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@ShirleySpady ...

Hi there.  There are a couple ways you can send your instructor a message from within Canvas.  Keep in mind that sending a message in Canvas is not the same as regular e-mail.  You can only message your classmates and instructors within Canvas...and also receive messages from them.  You cannot send messages to your friends and family from within Canvas because they are not enrolled in the same classes that you are.  You can, however, set up your notification settings (via your "Account" >> "Notifications" screen) so that you can get notified of conversations/messages...so you might want to look at that at some point.

Here are a couple Guides that will help you contact your instructor:

• How do I get help with Canvas as a student? (Click on "Help" >> "Ask Your Instructor a Question")
• How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox as a student?

Hopefully these two Guides will be helpful for you.  Please let us know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!

[paul_fynn]

@ShirleySpady Just to add that not all institutions using Canvas will approve the use of Canvas messaging as official communications - its always helpful when teachers put their preferred contact method on their course home page - in our case our institution has other methods / systems.