You can view course announcements from your dashboard and from the course Announcements page. You may also be able to view recent course announcements from the course home page.
On the course Announcements page, you can view all announcements in the course. You can also search and filter to view specific course announcements. You may be able to like announcements and subscribed to the RSS Feed.
Learn more about receiving email Canvas notifications for course announcements.
Note: You can also view global announcements from your student's institution.
Open Announcements from Course Card Dashboard
If there are announcements in a course, you can quickly access the course announcements page from your Canvas Dashboard. On the course card, click the Announcements icon.
View Recent Announcements on Course Home Page
If enabled by the course instructor, the course Home page may display recent announcements [1]. To view an announcement, click the announcement [2].
Open Announcements
To view announcements from Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.
View Announcements Index Page
The Announcements Index page displays a toolbar 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.
Subscribe to Announcement RSS Feed
You can subscribe to the Announcement RSS feed in your course or group and receive announcements via any RSS feed reader. To subscribe to course announcements, click the External Feeds link.
In the External Feeds tray, click the RSS Feed button.
Notes:
- If you use a Firefox browser to access Canvas, you can add a Live Bookmark from this screen.
- If you use a Safari browser to access Canvas, Safari automatically creates an RSS feed for you from this screen.
Copy the URL in the browser address bar. Then open your preferred RSS feed reader and paste the copied URL into the text box.
Manage Announcements List
Use the Announcements Index page toolbar to find announcements more easily.
To view only announcements you have not read, click the All drop-down menu [1]. Then select the Unread option.
To find an announcement based on words in the title, enter terms in the Search field [2].
To mark all announcements as having been read, click the Mark All as Read button [3].
View Announcement Details
Unread announcements display an Unread indicator [1].
Each announcement displays a title [2] and the beginning of the announcement content [3].
If the instructor allows replies to announcements, you can see the number of unread replies [4] and the number of total replies [5].
You can also view the date and time the announcement was posted [6].
Open Announcement
To view an entire announcement and any replies, open the announcement by clicking the announcement title.
View Individual Announcement
An announcement includes three sections: the announcements toolbar [1], the announcement [2], and announcement replies [3].
View Announcement Toolbar
The announcement toolbar remains at the top of the screen when you are viewing announcement replies.
To search for replies or specific authors, enter terms in the Search field [1].
To filter replies, click the All drop-down menu [2]. You can filter by all replies or unread replies.
To sort replies by newest or oldest, click the Sort button [3].
To view threaded replies in a split screen, click the View Split Screen button [4]. To view threaded replies inline, click the View Inline button.
When viewing replies inline, you can expand all threaded replies. To expand reply threads, click the Expand Threads button [5]. To collapse all threads, click the Collapse Threads button.
View Announcement Details
The announcement includes the announcement title [1] and description [2].
You can also view the name of the author [3], the date and time the announcement was published [4] or edited [5], and number of replies [6].
View Announcement Replies
Announcement replies you have not yet read display an Unread indicator [1].
To mark a reply as read or unread, click the Mark as Read link [2] or Mark as Unread link [3].
View Threaded Replies
If there are replies to a reply, the replies are threaded and collapsed. When viewing collapsed replies, you can view the the total number of replies and the number of unread replies.
To expand threaded replies, click the Replies link.
View Inline Threaded Replies
If you are viewing expanded threaded replies inline, expladed replies display on the same page.
View Split Screen Threaded Replies
If you are viewing expanded threaded replies in split screen, expanded replies display in a side window.
Like Announcement Reply
If allowed by the course instructor, you can like announcement replies. To like a reply, click the Like icon.
View Liked Reply
The Like icon fills in, indicating you have liked the reply.
When a reply is liked, the Like icon also displays the total number of likes from all users.
