Can we restrict a student from deleting their school email address from their profile in canvas

Question

We would like  to restrict students to use only their official student email account when they are in canvas and our classes.  Is there a way to keep them from adding a new email account and / or making an alternative account their default account?  We want to be sure and protect their academic data and correspondence to an official validated student account.

Thanks,

Lea Ann Bethany

Belhaven University, Classroom Technologist.

lbethany · Answer

We didn't do anything custom. I believe they can still do this with the settings button, but we don't let them change what is default I don't think.....

Chris_Hofer · Answer

Good morning, @lbethany ...

If you are a Canvas administrator at your school, you can go to the account "Settings" page.  On the "Settings" tab of the "Settings" page, scroll down to the section on "Features".  There is a check-box option for "Users can delete their institution-assigned email address".  If you make any changes to this page, make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Update Settings".

How do I set details for an account? - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) -- See the section on "View Features" about half-way down the page.

I hope this will be of some help to you.  Let Community members know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!