How do I view Announcements in the Teacher app on my Android device?

Canvas Teacher helps you view and manage Announcements in your Canvas courses.

This lesson shows images for a phone display; however, unless otherwise noted, the steps are the same for tablets.

Open Course

Open Course

In the Dashboard, tap the name of a course.

Open Announcements

Open Announcements

Tap the Announcements link.

View Announcements

View Announcements

Announcements displays all the announcements in your course. Announcements are ordered by creation date with the most recent at the top.

Add Announcement

Add Announcement

To add an announcement, tap the Add icon.

Open Announcement

Open Announcement

To open an announcement, tap the announcement name.

View Announcement

View Announcement

View the announcement.

View Announcement Toolbar

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, tap the All drop-down menu [2]. You can filter by all replies or unread replies.

To sort replies by newest or oldest, tap the Oldest First drop-down menu [3].

To view threaded replies in a split screen sidebar, tap the View Split Screen button [4].

To view threaded replies all at once, tap the Expand Threads button [5]. You can collapse the threaded replies by tapping the Collapse Threads button [6].

To view threaded replies inline, tap the View Inline button [7].

View Inline Announcement Thread Replies

View Inline Announcement Thread Replies

To expand the announcement thread replies inline, tap the # of replies link [1].

View the read and unread replies [2].

To view threaded replies options, tap 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

View Split Screen Announcement Thread Replies

When viewing split screen announcement thread replies, you can collapse and expand the announcement thread replies sidebar. When an announcement thread reply is collapsed, you can view the reply indicators showing the number of unread and total replies.

To expand the announcement thread replies sidebar, tap the # of replies link [1].

View the read and unread replies [2].

To view threaded replies options, tap the Options icon [3].

To collapse the announcement thread replies sidebar, tap the Close icon [4].

Manage Announcement

Manage Announcement

To manage the announcement, tap the Options icon [1]. You can mark the replies as read or unread, edit the announcement, delete the announcement, send it, or copy the announcement [2].