How do I use the Course Activity Stream as a student?

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The Course Activity Stream shows you important recent activities from a single course including announcements, discussions, assignments, and conversations. This stream is similar to the Global Activity Stream in the Dashboard when you first log in to Canvas.

The following activities will cause notifications to appear in the Course Activity Stream:

• New Announcements
• Replies to Announcements
• New Discussions
• New Discussion Posts
• New Assignments
• Assignments, Quizzes, or Discussions Changed from Ungraded to Graded
• Due Date Changes to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions
• New Graded Assignments
• New Peer Review Assignments
• New Conversation Messages

Notes:

• Notifications in the Course Activity Stream will not appear for activity in Files, Collaborations, Grades, Pages, or Conferences; ungraded quizzes and surveys; or edits to Discussions.
• Edits to Quizzes and Assignments will only appear in the Course Activity Stream when the Notify users that this content has changed button has been selected.
• If your Course Home Page is already set to view the course stream, the View Course Stream link does not appear in the course sidebar.

00:07: How do I use the coarse homepage as a student? 00:10: In global navigation click the courses link then click the name 00:14: of the course. 00:16: The course home page involves course navigation the content area and 00:20: the sidebar. 00:22: The course homepage is viewed from the course navigation Homelink. 00:27: Course navigation includes links that help you and your students get to specific locations 00:31: in the course instructors can customize what links are 00:35: shown in a course. So if you don't see links that may display and other courses your 00:39: instructor has hidden those links from your view. 00:42: The active link of the page you are viewing is highlighted with different color text 00:46: and a line indicator. This highlight helps you quickly identify the 00:50: feature area. You are currently viewing in canvas. 00:55: You may also see course indicators that show updates to your course grades when your instructor 00:59: grades your assignments. 01:02: To expand or collapse, of course navigation, then you click the menu icon when 01:07: you choose to expand or collapse the global navigation menu. 01:10: Your preference is applied to all of your courses. 01:14: Home page content and all Candace content is displayed in the content 01:18: area. The content can be a page the syllabus 01:22: discussions announcements quizzes or imported 01:26: content the content could also show the course activity stream, 01:30: which is a list of all recent activity in the course. 01:35: Your homepage may also display recent announcements at the top of the page. 01:39: The homepage content also defines what sections display in the sidebar 01:45: Bread crumbs appear above the course content area As 01:49: you view course content the breadcrumbs leave a trail to show where you were inside 01:53: the course, you can follow these links backward to visit prior course 01:57: content. 01:59: The sidebar functions the same as the dashboard sidebar, but only shows content 02:03: for the specific course and includes additional options. 02:07: If your course homepage displays a page other than the course activity stream, 02:11: you can view the course activity stream by clicking the sidebar view course 02:15: stream button when the homepage is set as a course activity Street. 02:19: This button will not appear. 02:22: If you have been added to a group in your course, the course group section 02:26: includes links to your course groups. 02:29: The sidebar always shows it to do section which shows all recent announcements 02:33: and up to seven assignments that are due in the upcoming weeks including ungraded 02:37: quizzes and assignments that do not require a submission each item 02:41: in the to-do list displays the assignment name the number of points and the 02:45: due date for the assignment. Once the due date has passed items 02:49: remain in this section for 4 weeks. 02:53: The sidebar can also include a variety of other sections depending 02:57: on the layout your instructor sets for the course homepage additional 03:01: sidebar options include the assignment list calendar and assignment groups 03:05: and recent feedback. 03:08: Each section item displays an icon to differentiate between assignments and 03:12: peer-review assignments. It's a section contains more items 03:16: that are listed a link will appear under the list that you can use to view additional 03:20: items. 03:22: The to do section shows up to seven items with due dates in the upcoming weeks 03:26: to view more items. 03:28: You must manually remove items from the list to remove a 03:32: to-do item. Click the remove icon. 03:35: This guy covered how to use the course home page as a student.

Open Course

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the name of the course [2].

Open Course Activity

In the Home Page sidebar, click the View Course Stream button.

Note: If your Course Home Page is already set to view the course stream, the View Course Stream link does not appear in the course sidebar.

View Course Activity

The Course Activity Stream contains recent notifications in the course, including announcements, discussions, assignments, and conversations. This activity stream helps you see all recent activity in your course and easily ask questions and post to discussion forums. Unlike course cards on the Dashboard, the activity stream does not mimic visibility of Course Navigation links.

You can manage recent activity in a course the same way you can on the Dashboard. Activities are indicated by activity type and display an icon [1] for the activity. New activity in your account is indicated by a blue dot [2]. Discussions and Announcements indicate new activity items published in a course, and Conversations indicate a new message received from a user in a course. Recent Activity items remain for four weeks.

Note: To receive notifications for Discussions, you must actively post in the discussions at least once every two weeks. If you stop participating in a discussion after two weeks, Canvas will no longer display discussion notifications.

Expand and Collapse Notifications

You can view the details of each activity by hovering in the notification area and clicking the Show More link [1]. To collapse recent activity, click the Show Less link [2].

Manage Recent Activity

You can directly access your recent activities by clicking the activity link [1]. To remove a notification, click the remove icon [2].