Why aren't students receiving my Canvas announcements? (Instructors)

Students may not receive announcements for two reasons: either they are not subscribed to receive announcements or the email notifications for Canvas announcments are delayed (typically due to high volume of Canvas usage worldwide).
 

Student Notification Settings

1. Encourage your students to review their site-wide notification preferences. 

   • How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student?

2. Encourage your students to enable course notifications.
   • How do I manage notifications for a single course as a student?

Workarounds for Delayed Notifications

Turn on Recent Announcements on the Course Home Page

• How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page?

Send an Email through My.Butler

1. Select Faculty Center.
2. Select Instructor quick links.
3. View your Class Roster.
4. Scroll to the bottom of your class roster and select Notify All Students.
5. Enter your Subject and Message Text. Then click Send Notification.