Updating Notification Preferences

Your personal settings include contact information and other settings that will help your instructor and peers contact and identify you.  The following instructions will demonstrate how to change these settings. 

Play media comment.Updating Notification Preferences

Click on "Settings" in the top right corner.

 

Click "Add Contact Method" to add a cell phone number. 

• Your BC email address will be the primary point of contact for your Canvas notifications, but you can add a cell phone number to receive text message alerts as well. 

 

Enter your 10 digit cell phone number.

 

Select your Carrier.

 

Click "Register SMS".

• This will generate a text message with a short code for you to enter on the following screen to confirm that this is your number. 

 

Enter your confirmation code and click "Confirm".

 

Now, click on "Notifications" on the right in order to change your settings.

 

The contact methods are Email or Cell phone, and the activities are divided into 6 categories:

1. Course Activities.
2. Discussions. 
3. Conversations. 
4. Scheduling. 
5. Groups. 
6. Alerts. 

You can set your notification options to:

1. Notify me right away (ASAP). 
2. Send me a daily summary. 
3. Send me a weekly summary.
4. Do not send me anything. 
   

We recommend ASAP or Daily for most activities but check with your professor for the best setting for your course. 

 

At the bottom of the page you will find the time at which your weekly notifications will be sent. 

 

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