The Announcements Index Page allows you to view and filter announcements in your course. You can also receive new announcements via Canvas notifications, view announcements on the Recent Activity Dashboard, or view announcements in the To Do list.
If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your course, learn how to use the Announcements Redesign interface.
Open Announcements
In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.
View Announcements Page
The Announcements Index page displays global settings at the top of the page [1], followed by the individual announcements [2].
Announcements are listed in reverse chronological order with the newest appearing first and the older announcements appearing towards the bottom.
Filter Announcements
To view all or only unread announcements, click the filter drop-down menu [1].
To search for an announcement by title, enter keywords in the Search field [2].
View Announcements
Each announcement includes the title of the announcement [1], the picture of the user who posted the announcement [2], an unread indicator near unread announcements [3], the announcement post date [4], and the number of unread/total replies in the announcement [5].
To mark all the announcements as read, click the Mark all as read button [6].
Note: If an announcement shows the letter U in place of a profile picture, the announcement was imported or copied from another course in Canvas. Additionally, copied announcements do not include a posted date and time.
View External Feeds
To view all External Feeds and subscribe to the RSS feed, click the External feeds link.
View Announcement
To view an announcement, click the name of the announcement.
