Provide more control over notifications and communications preferences

Status: Identified Submitted by Instructure on ‎01-30-2023 06:20 PM

Theme Overview

Out of band communication between admins, teachers, and students is limited due to gaps in messaging or notifications functionality. By improving controls for notifications and communications, we can provide a more streamlined communication and notifications experience.

What value could this provide to users?

  • Ability to brand Canvas notifications
  • Allow admins to be contacted directly or CCd in messages
  • Improve automatic notification to include more descriptive course information in the subject

Referenced Ideas

[Notifications] notifications@instructure.com needs to include course information in the subject Submitted by: randompawn
[Conversations] Should be able to message admin users from Canvas Inbox Submitted by: HParkhurst
[Conversations] Include or Copy Admin in Messages Submitted by: HParkhurst
[User Settings] Include Conversations in Course-Level notification preferences Submitted by: audra_agnelly
[Notifications] Custom Submission Comment Notifications Submitted by: Srta_H
[Notifications] Send Push Notifications for Manually Posted Grades Submitted by: RebeccaMoulder
[Inbox] Allow Observers to Message Campus Admin from Inbox Submitted by: wagnerpj63
[Conversations] Student messaging (inbox) - allow students to message teachers only Submitted by: wmercer
[Gradebook] Fix "Message Students Who: Haven't Been Graded" filter Submitted by: Hildi_Pardo
[Chat] Tagging in Chat Submitted by: hrussell
[Inbox] Canvas Inbox Messages – Fully Obey Course Participation Settings and Dates Submitted by: millerjm
[Notifications] Ability to brand Canvas notifications Submitted by: lmorrow1

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