How do I view Announcements in the Student app on my iOS device?
Canvas lets you view Announcements in your Canvas courses.
Note: The Course Navigation menu matches the browser version of your Canvas course. If Announcements is not available in Course Navigation, it will also be hidden from view in the app.
Open Course
In the Dashboard, tap the name of the course you'd like to view.
Open Announcements
Tap the Announcements link.
Note: You may have to swipe your screen to view the Announcements link.
View Announcements
Announcements displays all the announcements in your course. Announcements are ordered with the most recent at the top.
Open Announcement
To view an announcement, tap the announcement you want to read.
View Announcement
View the announcement.
View Announcement Toolbar
The Announcement Toolbar remains at the top of the announcement when you are viewing announcement replies.
To search for replies or specific authors, enter your terms in the Search field [1].
To filter replies, click the All drop-down menu [2]. You can filter by all replies or unread replies.
To sort replies by newest or oldest, click the Sort button [3].
To view threaded replies in a split screen sidebar, click the View Split Screen button [4].
To view threaded replies all at once, click the Expand Threads button [5]. You can collapse the threaded replies by clicking the Collapse Threads button [6].
To view threaded replies inline, click the View Inline button [7].
View Inline Announcement Thread Replies
To expand the announcement thread replies inline, click the # of replies link [1].
View the read and unread replies [2].
To view threaded replies options, click the Options icon [3]. You can mark replies as read/unread, mark threaded replies as read/unread, return to the topic, quote the reply, or report the reply.
View Split Screen Announcement Thread Replies
To expand the announcement thread replies sidebar, click the # of replies link [1].
View the read and unread replies [2].
To view threaded replies options, click the Options icon [3].
To collapse the announcement thread replies sidebar, click the Close icon [4].
