How do I temporarily stop announcements in a course?
I have to make a bunch of minor changes to assignments in my course, and every time I do one, it sends out an announcement to the entire class! Is there anyway to stop this? or to turn it off temporarily, make the changes, and then turn it back on? I really don't want to overload the class with 50 messages!
At the very bottom of most pages when editing is a Notify users that this content has changed checkbox. Make sure that checkbox is not checked when you edit, and a notification won't be sent out.
Screenshot at the very end of this guide: How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
In addition to the great information provided by Anthony Bunag, there is also a setting in a user's "Notifications" screen in his/her Canvas profile. On this page, there is a row near the top for "Course Content". This setting includes notifications for changes to WikiPages, Quiz content, and Assignment content. If students had this notification option selected, there is a chance that they may receive notifications via e-mail. So, I would say to check this setting in conjunction with what Anthony's information above.
Hi all, thanks for the responses! So I forgot to mention that I've tried checking that box, and it still sends out those messages. I was thinking there might be a master switch to turn them off.
Has anyone tried un-publishing the course (maybe late at night when no one is on), making the changes, and then republishing? Would that stop the notices?
As far as I'm aware, once a course is published and students start submitting assignments it can't be unpublished.
Yup...you're correct, Kona Jones. The bottom of this Canvas Guide indicates that courses cannot be unpublished after there are graded submissions. How do I publish a course?
Every time a Teacher performs an action that would generate a notification, a modal (dialog box) appears that says "A notification will be sent as a consequence of this action. Do you want to Send the notification?"