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
In the Courses tab, tap the name of a course.
Open Announcements
Tap the Announcements link.
View Announcements
You can view announcements ordered by creation date, with the most recent at the top.
Add Announcement
To add an announcement, tap the Add icon.
Open Announcement
To open an announcement, tap the announcement name.
View Announcement
View the announcement.
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 Newest 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].
To enable translations, tap the Enable Translation button [8].
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 or threaded replies as read or unread, return to the topic, quote a reply, or report a reply.
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
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 or copy the announcement [2].
