Click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

In Account Navigation, click the Settings link.

Account Settings defaults to the Settings tab. Here you can view all the details available to you in your account.

The Account Settings section allows you to specify settings for the entire account, including account name [1], default language [2], default due time [3], default time zone [4], and self-enrollment [5].

You can also specify trusted URLs at the root account [6]. This option allows accounts to have custom login pages hosted on different domains but still keep the authenticity token.

You can set a default view for the Dashboard using the Default View for Dashboard drop-down menu [7]. Default options include Recent Activity, List View, and Card View. The setting defaults to the Card View. Specifying a default view applies to all new account users. Once a user has selected a different view, the default no longer applies. If you want to apply the selected default view to all users in the account, select the Overwrite all users’ existing default dashboard preferences checkbox [8]. However, users can change their dashboard view at any time in the dashboard options menu.

You can add a Slack API key in Account Settings to allow users to receive notifications in Slack. The Slack API Key is generated from an app created using the Slack API. To add a new Slack API key, type the Bot User OAuth Access Token copied from Slack in the New Slack Api Key field.

Learn more about creating a Slack App for your institution.

Note: Creating a Slack App and generating an Access Token requires that you are also an admin user in Slack.

The Personal Profile Settings section allows users to enable the pronunciation of their names by selecting the Enable name pronunciations checkbox [1]. Once enabled, users can limit name pronunciation editing by base role [2].

It also allows users to enable and customize personal pronoun options in their account [3]. When enabled, users can select a pronoun to display after their username in several areas in Canvas [4].

To allow users to edit their name as part of their user account settings, select the Users can edit their name checkbox [5].

By default, the Users can edit their profiles checkbox [6] is enabled.

The Quiz IP Address filter allows an admin to create a predefined list of IP addresses or address ranges, making it easier for instructors to select a valid setting when creating a quiz. Since this is often used by an organization to limit tests to an on-campus testing center, it is recommended that you use a descriptive name that associates your filter with that location.

Filters can be a comma-separated list of addresses, or an address followed by a mask (i.e., 192.168.217.1/24 or 192.168.217.1/255.255.255.0). For more information on these masks, view the IP Filtering in Canvas resource document.

The Features section lets you enable or disable specific built-in Canvas functionality.

To enable Canvas for Elementary, select the Canvas for Elementary checkbox [1].

To allow sub-accounts to use the Theme Editor, select the Let sub-accounts use the Theme Editor to customize their own branding checkbox [2].

To allow users to be added to a course via email address without already having a Canvas user account, select the Open Registration checkbox [3].

To enable inbox signature, select the Enable Inbox Signature Block checkbox [4]. When enabled, select the Disable Inbox Signature Block for Students checkbox to disable inbox signature block for students.

To enable automatic responses, select the Enable Inbox Auto Response checkbox [5]. When enabled, select the Disable Inbox Auto Response for Students checkbox to disable inbox auto response to students.

In a Root Account, admins can disable users from editing communication channels. Additionally, when profiles are enabled by an institution, admins can disable users from editing their profiles. By default, the Users can edit their communication channels settings checkbox [6] is enabled.

To allow users to delete the institution-added email address in their user accounts and use a personal email address, select the Users can delete their institution-assigned email address checkbox [7]. If this feature is selected, also consider enabling the non-institutional email notification.

Show the email address of sender for user interaction Notifications checkbox [8].

To show a searchable list of courses in the root account when the public course index setting is enabled, select the Show a searchable list of courses in this root account with the "Include this course in the public course index" flag enabled checkbox [9].

To enable push notifications for a mobile device, select the Enable push notifications to a mobile devices checkbox [10].

To remove the hidden game within Canvas, select the Remove hidden game from 404 page checkbox [11].

To suppress notifications from being created and sent out from your Root Account, click the Suppress notifications from being created and sent out checkbox [12].

To allow users to integrate content with Equella, select the Equella checkbox [13].

To enable analytics for the account, select the Analytics checkbox [14].

To allow users to upload a profile picture in their user accounts, select the User Avatars checkbox [15]. When this feature is enabled, you can manage profile pictures for all users. This feature is independent of the Profiles feature, which must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager.

When the User Avatars checkbox is selected, the Enable Gravatar checkbox is also selected by default [16].  A Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar associated for a user in any website that supports Gravatars. When Gravatars are enabled in an account, users can import their Gravatar when selecting a profile picture in their user settings page. Gravatars are associated with the user’s Gravatar email address. When Gravatars are disabled, the From Gravatar tab is not included as an option in the Select Profile Picture window.

If you've integrated your account with a student information system (SIS), depending on your institution's configuration, you can either configure SIS submissions for your entire account [1] or manage SIS integration settings [2].

As an account admin, you can customize the Help menu that appears in Canvas for all users. You can also add custom help links for your institution and have them display to all or specific user roles.

The Similarity Detection Platform section displays for all accounts and is used for plagiarism LTI tool integrations.

If your account has installed at least one plagiarism LTI tool, any content you include in the Similarity Pledge text field will display to students [1]. Similarity pledges require students to check a box acknowledging they agree with the pledge information, which usually asks them to verify their work is their own and that any sources have been properly cited.

You can also set the originality score default for the entire account in the Students can see originality score drop-down menu [2]. You can set the report to generate immediately upon assignment submission, after an assignment is graded, after an assignment due date, or never. The account default is not required and can be changed at any other level. Subaccounts can set a separate default from the account, and individual assignments within a course can set their own originality preferences as well.

The Enabled Web Services section is where you enable third-party integrations. These integrations can be used to extend the functionality of a user's Canvas profile. For example, when a user connects their Twitter account to their Canvas user profile, Canvas can send that user private Twitter messages about new assignments, quizzes, messages, etc. This is all configurable in the user's Notification Settings.

Note: If you enable the Google Apps LTI for your entire institution, you do not need to enable the Google Drive web service for your students.

You can choose who can create new courses within your account in addition to account administrators. This setting allows the selected user(s) to create new course shells by clicking the Create a New Course button in the Dashboard.

You can allow teachers [1], students [2], and/or users with no enrollments [3] to create courses in your account.

You can also manage where new courses created by teachers and students can be placed. To allow courses to be created in any account where a teacher or student has an active enrollment, click the Allow creation anywhere the user has active enrollments checkbox [4]. To allow courses to only be created in the Manually-Created Courses sub-account, click the Allow creation only in the Manually-Created Courses sub-account checkbox [5].

Copied courses are added to the same subaccount as the course that was copied.

Note: Account administrators can always create courses.

Click the Update Settings button.