Quick Tip: Create MAGIC - Part 4 (Inbox)
The Regional Campus Instructional Design team is continuing our 5-week series on communication and MAGIC is our acronym that will help you engage and connect with your students.
As a reminder from the last tip, MAGIC stands for the following:
- Message Students Who
- Announcements
- Grade comments
- Inbox
- Comment Library
Inbox Messages/Conversations
This week is brought to you by the letter I! &²Ô²ú²õ±è;&²Ô²ú²õ±è;
The Canvas is a messaging tool instructors can use to communicate with their students. When users receive messages in Canvas, it also triggers notifications, meaning students can receive these messages in their ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï email or on their phone as well. Additionally, users can reply to Canvas messages from their email client, and the replies will go back into the Canvas Inbox conversation.
Tip: Right-click (or option-click) on the Inbox icon to open the Inbox in a new browser tab. Now you will be able to work in or view other pages in Canvas while keeping your Inbox handy.
Instructors can to:
- by role (students, TAs, teachers)
- Draft a message and opt to send it individually
- Send a message to specific groups within a course
- Filter conversations by course
- View and reply to assignment submission comments (the G in our MAGIC acronym)
Click on any of the hyperlinks in this message for a more detailed explanation of the specified process.
Did you know? You are not limited to text-based messages. You can also add file attachments and record audio/video comments. While the Inbox itself does not have any file limits, attachments added to a message will be counted in the file limit for your account.
Keep in mind
Sending messages to students in a course is only an option while the course is published AND the course dates are open. Once a course has concluded, instructors will no longer have the option to send or respond to messages.