Improve the inbox functionality to provide for more meaningful communication

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Theme Overview

Instructors want additional inbox functionality and settings to customize messaging among course participants.

What value could this provide to users?

Provide functionality that is similar to what users would expect to see in email tools, such as signatures, RCE, scheduling of messages, auto-reply, and trash folder
Update the interface to allow for easy access to common actions, such as archive and delete
Provide additional clarity around recipients, such as showing custom section names and which student an observer is connected to
Allow for messaging of multiple classes at one time
Provide better default controls and actions

Referenced Ideas

[Inbox] Search Inbox for sent assignment comments Submitted by: ellisonl15

[Student View] Canvas Inbox Deleting Messages - UI Update Submitted by: STARSHIP21

[Inbox] Inbox - turn on by default "send individual messages" Submitted by: ProfBuck

[Inbox] Archiving Sent Messages Canvas Conversations Submitted by: ashlib

[Inbox] Canvas Email Messages Include Custom Section Names/Numbers in Subject Line Submitted by: abander

[Inbox] Link Observers to Students for Messaging Submitted by: TampaNative

[Inbox] Schedule a message in inbox Submitted by: awaugh

[Inbox] Create trash folder Submitted by: tomas_kojar

[Inbox] Auto-reply for Canvas messages Submitted by: sduffy4

[Inbox] Signature Block Submitted by: galvanj

[Inbox] Email (message) multiple classes at one time Submitted by: emalates

[Speedgrader] Rich Text Editor in Speedgrader Comments Submitted by: CommunityTeam

[Inbox] Add rich-content editor to Conversations Submitted by: seth

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