Communicating with Your Instructor and Peers in Canvas

Learn more about communicating with your instructor and peers in Canvas.

Using the Inbox in Canvas

To access the Inbox, click on the "Inbox" link in the upper right-hand menu, the left of the profile link. Your inbox will contain the messages for ALL of your Canvas courses. Below is a screenshot showing where you can locate the inbox in Canvas (on every page of the system).

For more information about how to use the inbox, review the questions below:

How do I adjust my Notification Preferences for Conversations? -- VERY IMPORTANT
How do I access the Conversations Inbox?
How is my Conversations Inbox organized?
How do I find my unread messages?
How many messages are in this Conversation?
What do comments from the SpeedGrader™ look like inside Conversations?
How can I tell which course this Conversation belongs to?
How do I privately respond to an individual in a larger Conversation?
How do I forward a message from this Conversation?
How do I delete a message from this Conversation?
How do I unsubscribe myself from a Conversation?
How do I archive a Conversation?
How do I compose a message?
How do I send a private message to my instructor?
How do I send a private message to an individual?
How do I send a message to multiple individuals?
How do I send a message to a group?
How do I send a message to my class?
How do I delete a name from the To: field?
Where is my original message in this Conversation?
How do I attach a file to a message?
How do I attach a media comment to my message?