How do I view Announcements as a student?

The Announcements Index Page allows you to view and filter announcements in your course. You can also receive new announcements via Canvas notifications, view announcements on the Recent Activity Dashboard, or view announcements in the To Do list.

00:07: How do I view announcements as a student? 00:10: In course navigation click the announcements link 00:14: The announcements index page displays global settings at the top of the page followed 00:18: by the individual announcements Announcements are listed in 00:22: Reverse chronological order with the newest appearing first and the older announcements appearing 00:27: towards the bottom. 00:30: An announcement includes 3 sections the announcements toolbar the announcement 00:34: and announcement replies. 00:37: The announcement toolbar will remain at the top of the screen when you are viewing announcement replies. 00:43: To search for replies or specific authors enter your terms in the search 00:47: field. 00:49: To filter replies click the filter drop-down menu. 00:52: You can filter by all replies or unread replies. 00:56: To sort replies by newest or oldest click the sort button. 01:01: The announcement includes important information about the announcement including the announcement 01:05: title and description. 01:08: You can also view the name of the author 3 the date and time the announcement 01:12: was published or edited and number of replies. 01:17: Announcement replies display below the announcement topic To 01:21: view threaded replies. Click the hash reply link To 01:25: Mark a message as unread click the mark As unread link. 01:30: The guide covered how to view announcements as a student.

Open Announcements

Open Announcements

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

View Announcement

View Announcement

The Announcements Index page displays global settings at the top of the page [1], followed by the individual announcements [2].

Announcements are listed in reverse chronological order with the newest appearing first and the older announcements appearing towards the bottom.

View Announcements Page

View Announcements Page

An announcement includes three sections: the announcements toolbar [1], the announcement [2], and announcement replies [3].

View Announcement Toolbar

View Announcement Toolbar

The announcement toolbar will remain at the top of the screen 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 Filter 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 return to the top of the announcement, click the Top button [4].

View Announcements

View Announcement

The announcement includes important information about the announcement, including the announcement title [1] and description [2].

You can also view the name of the author [3], the date and time the announcement was published [4] or edited [5], and number of replies [6].

View Announcement Replies

View Announcement Replies

Announcement replies display below the announcement topic [1].

To view threaded replies, click the # reply link [2].

To mark a message as unread, click the Mark as Unread link [3].

Learn how to reply to an announcement.