In Canvas, there are course rooms where teachers and examiners communicate with you during the course. When any changes are made in a course room, you will receive a notification by email. Here you can read about notification settings and how to change them.
Forwarding your KTH email
On the web page
Email forward
, you will find information on how to forward your KTH email to a private email address. This may be relevant since notifications from Canvas are sent to your KTH email.
User settings in Canvas
In Canvas, you can manage the settings for your user account yourself, such as your name, language, time zone, and contact details. It is a good idea to check these settings to ensure that information is displayed correctly and that you do not miss anything important.
A notification is sent to your KTH email when something happens on your course Canvas page. This can, for example, occur when a new assignment is published. The notification is a brief summary of what has changed, and you as a student can choose which notifications you want to receive from Canvas and how often you want to receive them. You can configure notification settings both at the individual course level and at the account level.
Note! Notification settings at the course level are inherited from your account-level notification settings, but settings made at the course level apply only to that specific course. This means that if you change your course-level notifications, those settings will override the settings you have made at the account level.
You can find explanations of the different notification settings in the table below, as well as an overview of the default settings for students. These are settings you can edit, depending on the kind of notifications you want to get from your courses and how often you want to get them.
Notification settings
Explanation
Default settings
Due date
The due date for an assignment has been changed. You will also get a notification that a new assignment, task or quiz has been created.
Weekly summary
Grading Policies
The teacher has changed the grading policies, such as changing the weighting between assignment groups, changing the total score from percent to points or changing the course grading criteria.
Weekly summary
Course Content
The teacher has made changes in the course content, i.e., page content, quiz content or assignment content.
Notifications off
Files
A new file has been added to the course.
Notifications off
Announcements
A new announcement has been published in your course or group.
Notify immediately
Grading
Grading has been completed or changed for an assignment. You will also get a notification if the weighting of the assignment grade has been changed. You can also choose to include the grade in the notification, which will send you your grade for the assignment in the notification.
Notify immediately
Invitation
You have been invited to a group. This notification setting is also used for notifications regarding peer reviews.
Notify immediately
Submission comment
A teacher has commented on your assignment.
Daily summary
Discussion
A new discussion topic has been added to a course.
Notifications off
Discussion post
There is a new discussion post in a subscribed discussion.
Daily summary
Added to conversation
You have been added to an already existing conversation through your Canvas inbox.
Notify immediately
Conversation message
You have a new message in your inbox.
Notify immediately
Conversation created by me
You have created a conversation and sent out a message.
Notifications off
Appointment signups
You have been scheduled for an appointment in the Canvas calendar by another user. This can for example happen if a group member signs up for the group.
Notify immediately
Appointment Cancellations
Appointments in the Canvas calendar have been cancelled.
Notify immediately
Appointment Availability
There has been a change in the appointment availability. The teacher could have added new appointment times, or another group has cancelled their appointment.
Notify immediately
Calendar
A calendar event has been added or changed.
Notifications off
Membership update
You have been added to a Canvas group or request to join a group accepted or denied.
Daily summary
Do you have any questions about Canvas?
You will find frequently asked questions and information on changing notification or language settings here.
