Muting Assignments in Canvas
Mute/Unmute Assignment commands were a popular feature in a previous iteration of Canvas Gradebook. This document shows how to replicate the Mute/Unmute Assignment feature by creating a grade posting policy in the Gradebook. In your Canvas course, select Grades. Select the menu (three stacked dots) button, for the assignment.
You can manage notification settings for your Canvas account and/or for individual courses. To manage notification settings for an individual course, click the Settings for drop-down menu [1]. Then click the course name [2].
In your Canvas course, select Grades. Select the menu (three stacked dots) button, for the assignment. Select Grade Posting Policy. In the resulting panel to the right, select the Manually checkbox.
You can also access course notifications by clicking the View Course Notifications button from the Course Home Page. Course notification settings only apply to the course in which they are set. To receive course notifications, you must first set your Canvas notification settings.
In the course home page sidebar, click View Course Notifications. This will take you to the Course Notification Settings page. 3. Click the Enable Notifications toggle to manage your course notification settings.
Relock a courseNavigate to the course you want to lock, and from the course navigation menu, select Settings.In the sidebar of the "Settings" screen, click Lock Course:After the page automatically refreshes, your course will be locked and the course end date will be blank.
If you are an instructor, click here. Please note: As of May 2, 2020, Canvas will only allow users to enable SMS Notifications for announcements and grading. We highly encourage users to transition to the Canvas Mobile App for push notifications as these notification types are more consistent and reliable.
Set Notification Settings Each notification is set to a default setting. To change a notification for a contact method, locate the notification and click the icon for the contact method [1]. To receive a notification right away, select the Notify immediately option [2].
b. To receive daily or weekly summaries from Canvas, click the clock or calendar icons, respectively, next to these items. c. To disable notifications, click the X button next to each item.
In Canvas, you can set modules to be locked until a specific date. This assists you in managing the course content by automating student access to content in your course.
To put it simply, the “lock” icon means that Canvas won't give you the option to calculate your overall grade. If you'd like to do so, you'll need to use sources like Roger Hub to calculate grades, or you can do it manually but the former is more convenient to use.
Lock a ModuleTo re-lock the modules, click the Re-Lock Modules button.To allow students to continue without any changes, click the Continue button.
Ideally, Canvas cannot detect if a student opened new tabs in a web browser or opened a new application or web browser during a quiz or test. However, if proctored, Canvas will monitor and prevent student's browser activity. In such proctoring, the general interactions with the site can be viewed by professors.
Muting the assignment prevents students from receiving notifications about grades until the instructor chooses to make grades live. Learn more about how to mute assignments in the Gradebook in this Canvas Guide.
NOTE: The data coming from Canvas only tells us if a students has downloaded the file to their computer, device, or browser. It does not tell us if a student previews the document in Canvas.
Muting assignments/quizzes until all students have completed them , or until the instructor has graded all submissions:
By default, Canvas allows students to see assignment grades as soon as the instructor has graded the assignment. In some cases, instructors may wish to hold student grades until all assignments have been graded, and then release grades to all students at the same time. This Canvas Gradebook feature allows you to temporarily hide students’ grades and to release grades to all students at once.
Mute/Unmute Assignment commands were a popular feature in a previous iteration of Canvas Gradebook. This document shows how to replicate the Mute/Unmute Assignment feature by creating a grade posting policy in the Gradebook.
Select the menu button (3 stacked dots) for the assignment, again.
To manage your course notification settings, click the Enable Notifications toggle. When notifications are enabled for the course, the toggle displays a checkmark icon [1]. When notifications are disabled for the course, the toggle displays an X icon [2].
Once a notification preference is changed in your course, the course course notification preference will override preferences set in your Account Settings. You must continue to manage that notification type within your course.
You can manage notification settings for your Canvas account and/or for individual courses.