Sending Email From Your Canvas Course
With the Inbox feature, you can send an email to all, some, or one student in your course.
- Click the Inbox link in the global navigation menu (the dark gray, left-most menu.) Your Canvas email inbox will be displayed.
- Click the Compose button at the top of the page. The "Compose Message" pop-up window will be displayed.
- Click the Select course dropdown menu, and select the course you want to send a message to.
- Click the address book icon to select who you want to send messages to.
- Select the Send an individual message to each recipient checkbox if you want to prevent students from sending replies to the entire class.
- Enter a title for your email.
- Enter the content of your email.
- Click the paperclip icon at the bottom of the window if you’d like to attach a file.
- Click the play icon if you’d like to record a short video message to include with your email.
- Click the blue Send button at the bottom of the window. Your message will be sent to the students you selected.
Note: You can view more Inbox guides on the Canvas website.