Setting up Push Notifications on Canvas Mobile

Allison McComb Updated by Allison McComb

Setting up Push Notifications on Canvas Mobile

If you'd like, you are able to set up Push Notifications from the Canvas app to be notified when students message you directly on Canvas, submit assignments, or any other notifications you'd like to be notified of immediately. This article provides methods for turning on these notifications in both the Desktop and Mobile app version of Canvas

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

Notification Settings from the Desktop Version of Canvas:

Open up Canvas (lms.ecornell.com), and click your account avatar from the left-hand side. A menu will open up, from here click Notifications:

From here, look to the right-hand side, and find the Push Notifications column. If you are unable to see this column please note that you must allow Push Notifications from within the app first. Please refer to these articles provided by Canvas to allow Push Notifications.

You can go down this column and turn ON or OFF any notifications you wish to receive on your mobile device.

If you'd like to turn notifications ON for direct messages from your students, click Notify Immediately for the Conversation Message selection:

Please note if you do not see the option to edit "Push Notifications" within the Desktop version of Canvas you will need to first enable this feature on the mobile app. Guides on how to do this are provided below

Notification Settings from the Canvas mobile app:

You can visit this link for the official Canvas guide on setting up Notification Preferences and allowing Push Notifications in the Canvas app on an Android device.

You can visit this link for the official Canvas guide on setting up Notification Preferences and allowing Push Notifications in the Canvas app on an iOS device.

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