Announcements notifications via email should display course and name of announcement author

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When receiving an announcement through email, I don't know who has sent it. This is confusing for a person who teaches on several courses and receives announcements from them.

Simple solution: append the name of the author/sender of the announcement to the email message.

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Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Status changed to: Archived

@tommi  Thanks for sharing this feedback about external email notifications. When I just tested this for a student whose notifications are set to "right away" for announcements, the email notification displayed the name of the course and the subject line of the announcement at the top of the message. Would you provide a screenshot of the email you received that did not contain this information and details about the user's (or your) notification settings?

Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Status changed to: Moderating
 
Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni

@tommi  Also, in the event that you are receiving your notifications as a daily digest, please add your rating to the existing conversation:  Canvas Daily Digest email notifications should ide... 

Thanks.

tommi
Community Novice

Title of the course is visible, my bad.

Sender of the message is not. Please see the picture below, and note how the author has specifically signed their message manually.

The message was sent by a teacher and received by a teacher. I receive emails about notifications immediately.

Note the manual signature at the end.Note the manual signature at the end.

Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Status changed to: Open

Thanks for your quick reply, @tommi . We've edited the idea title and description accordingly.

ProductPanda
Instructure
Instructure
Status changed to: Archived
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