The Canvas Inbox/Conversations | Overview

The Canvas Inbox/Conversations

Located on the Global Navigation, the Inbox is the messaging tool used instead of email to communicate with a course, a group, an individual student, or a group of students. Once a course has concluded and its term date has passed, you can no longer message students in that course. The Inbox is organized chronologically from newest to oldest with the newest conversations appearing on top and the older conversations at the bottom.

Viewing Conversation Thread

When you select a conversation, all messages in the conversations thread appear in the right Inbox panel. Within each conversation, you can reply, reply-all, forward, or delete the entire conversation thread. You can also hover over an individual message and use the same commands within the individual message.