Messaging Students via the Canvas Mobile App

Allison McComb Updated by Allison McComb

Messaging Students via the Canvas Mobile App

These steps assume you have installed the Canvas Teacher app on your mobile device already. If you have not done so, please follow this guide to install the app and get logged in.

You are able to read and respond to your students' Canvas Inbox messages directly from the Canvas Teacher app. Once logged into the app, click Inbox from the lower right-hand corner to open your direct messages:

From here, you should be able to respond to any students who have messaged you in your current courses. Click on the subject line of the message to open it:

Please note the ability to message students closes 7 days after a section ends.

Once you have opened the message, you can click the three dots from the right-hand side and then click Reply:

You can visit this article for more information on getting started with the Canvas mobile app.

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