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

Give us the ability to turn on by default "send individual messages" when sending to more than one student.  The default should be more privacy versus less privacy. 

6 Comments
Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
Status changed to: Open
 
TannerKent
Community Member

 A message sent by the teacher to the entire class presents students with the double reply all arrow if the teacher does not select "send an individual message to each recipient". 

The student is able to Reply-all, and see all students in the recipient field. 

They are then are able to remove students (and the teacher) to select individual or multiple students from the list to send a message to. 

This is even with permission settings for the student set to disallow "Conversations- send messages to entire class" and "Conversations- send messages to individual course members". 

Feature request in the account &/or sub account settings to include the ability for this to be default selected, &/or default selected and enforced/locked. 

KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: New
 
KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: New
 
KristinL
Community Team
Community Team
Status changed to: Added to Theme
 
lhill6
Community Member
Problem statement:

Is there a way to set "Send an individual message to each recipient" as the default option in Canvas messages? Forgetting to check the box leads to problems.

Proposed solution:

Allow user to set the default "Send an individual message to each recipient" in Canvas messages.

User role(s):

instructor