{"id":2097,"date":"2024-07-23T08:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2024-09-22T08:37:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T08:37:35","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-announcements-inbox-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/what-is-the-difference-between-announcements-inbox-notifications\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Difference Between Announcements\/Inbox\/Notifications?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#7bdcb5\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Note: Before you can communicate with your students, make sure that the course is published.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allows teachers to broadcast information to all students within a course or a course section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sends a notification to students, adds a notification icon to the student dashboard, and also adds the announcement to the announcements page within the course.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can schedule an announcement.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An announcement is sent to all students\/teachers in the course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image bordered-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image20.png\" alt=\"Announcement settings in canvas course\" class=\"wp-image-2098\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-are-Announcements\/ta-p\/39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check this article<\/a> or watch this video:<br><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Announcements-Overview-Instructors\/ta-p\/384059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Announcements-Overview-Instructors\/ta-p\/384059<\/a><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/community.instructuremedia.com\/embed\/899e432a-c01e-4fee-bdac-4d906b692f91\" width=\"560px\" height=\"320px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"video-page-iframe\" allow=\"autoplay *\" title=\"306 - Announcements Overview (Instructors)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inbox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is similar to the \u201cemail\u201d option in Blackboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike announcements, the inbox can be used to have private conversations with individual students.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students can also use the inbox to communicate with their teachers and peers proactively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can\u2019t schedule an inbox message.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image bordered-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image2.png\" alt=\"Compose message using inbox\" class=\"wp-image-2100\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-is-the-Inbox\/ta-p\/55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check this article<\/a> or watch this video:<br><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Inbox-Overview-All-Users\/ta-p\/383696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Inbox-Overview-All-Users\/ta-p\/383696<\/a><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/community.instructuremedia.com\/embed\/541ab831-c1b9-42c3-8192-df32c00120db\" width=\"560px\" height=\"320px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"video-page-iframe\" allow=\"autoplay *\" title=\"104 - Inbox Overview (All Users)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Notifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Notification preferences can be adjusted to allow you to decide what notifications you receive from Canvas, the frequency, and where messages are sent (the most common being email).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, check <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/How-do-I-manage-my-Canvas-notification-settings\/ta-p\/615326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this article<\/a> or watch this video:<br><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Notification-Settings-All-Users\/ta-p\/383690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Notification-Settings-All-Users\/ta-p\/383690<\/a><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div style=\"overflow: hidden;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/community.instructuremedia.com\/embed\/b515f6d4-40f9-4f14-8051-7ef8b144c9d6\" width=\"560px\" height=\"320px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"video-page-iframe\" allow=\"autoplay *\" title=\"102 - Notification Settings (All Users)\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Before you can communicate with your students, make sure that the course is published. Announcements For more information, check this article or watch this video:Source: https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Announcements-Overview-Instructors\/ta-p\/384059 Inbox For more information, check this article or watch this video:Source: https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Video-Guide\/Inbox-Overview-All-Users\/ta-p\/383696 Notifications Notification preferences can be adjusted to allow you to decide what notifications you receive from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication-canvas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2149,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions\/2149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhub.aucegypt.edu\/lms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}