Canvas - Inbox

Using the Canvas Inbox (Conversations)

The Inbox is the messaging tool used for communication within Canvas. The inbox can be used to communicate with other students as well as the instructors in a course.

Open Inbox

To open the Inbox select the Inbox button in the left navigation menu. If the Inbox button includes a number indicator, the indicator shows how many unread messages you have waiting. Once the messages have been read the indicator will disappear.

 

Inbox Toolbar

The toolbar includes global message options. To load conversations, filter your messages by course or group [1] and type [2]. Filtering by type lets you filter messages by Inbox, Unread, Starred, Sent, Archived, and Submission Comments. You can compose a message at any time using the compose icon [3]. You can also search for conversations by user in the Search by user field [4].

Once you have selected a conversation, you can use the other options in the toolbar to:

1. Reply to a conversation
2. Reply-all to a conversation
3. Archive a conversation
4. Delete a conversation
5. Forward, mark a conversation as read or unread, and star conversations