Send A Message To All Course Users In Canvas

TC Technology Knowledge Base / Canvas for Faculty / Get Started with Canvas Send a message to all course users in Canvas

Updated on Jun 03, 2025

Heading anchor Expand or collapse content Access Canvas

Heading anchor 1. Log into the TC portal.

Students: https://student.tc.columbia.edu

Employee: https://employee.tc.columbia.edu

Heading anchor 2. In the applications Tab, click Canvas.

Heading anchor 1. Click Inbox in the Global Navigation Menu.

Heading anchor 2. Click the Compose icon.

Heading anchor 3. A pop-up window will appear.

Heading anchor 3.1. Click the drop-down menu to select your course where you want to send your message.

You can filter your courses by current favorite courses, other courses, or groups.

Heading anchor 3.2. Select the course.

If a course is hard to identify, change the nickname of the course.

Heading anchor 4. Click the Address Book icon.

Heading anchor 5. Select the option for all users in the course.

Heading anchor 6. To send the message:

Heading anchor 6.1. In the subject line field [1], enter a subject line for your message.

If you are sending your message to multiple users, but you do not want each user to see who else was included in the message, click the Send an individual message to each recipient checkbox [2]. If your message includes over 100 recipients (including you as the sender), this checkbox will be selected by default.

Heading anchor 6.2. In the message field [2], type your message.

All content is sent in plain text. If you want to include an attachment or media file, click the attachment or media file icons [4].

If you include a URL in your message, the URL will automatically become a clickable link after you send the message.

Heading anchor 6.3. When you are finished, click the Send button [3].

Heading anchor 7. Your message will appear at the top of your Sent folder. When someone replies to your message, the message will be shown in the Inbox.

You can reply to the recipient or reply-all to everyone in the class.

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Canvas for Faculty

Get Started with Canvas 18

• Find your Canvas course
• Get Canvas help
• Set your Canvas notifications
• Add a profile picture to Canvas
• Add an event to the Canvas calendar
• Change what courses appear on your Canvas Dashboard
• Move course cards on your Canvas Dashboard
• Change the nickname of a Canvas course
• Add an image to your Canvas course card
• View your Canvas course as a student
• Share a link to a Canvas course
• Download a student roster in Canvas
• Send a message to all course users in Canvas
• Sign into the Canvas Teacher app with a TC UNI (Instructor)
• Create appointment slots in the Canvas calendar
• View student activity on the Canvas People page
• Delete Announcements in Canvas
• Import a past Canvas course in a new course

Canvas Basics: Pages & Modules 25

• Add a syllabus to your Canvas course
• Create an announcement in Canvas
• Create a module in Canvas
• Add an item to a module in Canvas
• Add a file to a module in Canvas
• Make a video for a module in Canvas
• Move items within a Canvas module
• Indent a module item in Canvas
• Create a page in Canvas
• Add a website link to a page in Canvas
• Allow file attachments in Canvas Discussions
• Set the front page of a Canvas course
• Change the home page of a Canvas course
• Change sharing settings for a Google Doc collaboration in Canvas
• Upload files to a Canvas course
• Link to a Canvas course file within a page
• Upload a file directly to a page in Canvas
• Recover deleted course content in Canvas
• Embed a Google Doc syllabus in your Canvas course
• Add a direct link to your Google Doc syllabus
• Replace a PDF Syllabus in Canvas
• Upload and Embed a PDF Syllabus in Canvas
• Delete Content in Canvas
• Create a folder in the Files section of Canvas
• Edit a Module on Canvas

Publish a Canvas Course for Student Access 2

• Publish and unpublish an item or module in Canvas
• Publish a Canvas course making it viewable to students

Canvas Gradebook 5

• Find your Canvas Gradebook
• Arrange columns in the Canvas Gradebook
• Enter a grade with SpeedGrader in Canvas
• Change the status of a grade in Canvas
• Leave a comment in the Canvas Gradebook

Canvas Quizzes and Surveys 5

• Create a quiz with individual questions in Canvas
• Give extra time for a quiz in Canvas
• Assign a different quiz date and time to students in Canvas
• Create a survey in Canvas
• View anonymous survey results in Canvas

Settings in Canvas 6

• Show a link on your Canvas Course Navigation
• Hide and reorder Canvas Course Navigation links
• Change your Canvas course end date
• Change your Canvas course start date
• Set Home Page as the Modules Page in Canvas
• Enable Attendance in Canvas

Add/Remove People in Canvas Course 2

• Add a TC Student (Participating Auditor) to your Canvas course
• Add a TC Student to a non-Banner Canvas course

Access Canvas as a Guest Without a UNI 2

• Accept Canvas course invitation without a TC UNI
• Reset your Canvas password

Recording in Canvas 1

• Uploading captions to videos in Canvas

Error Messages in Canvas 1

• Receive an Undelivered Message in Canvas

Canvas Analytics 8

• View average course grade analytics in Canvas' New Analytics
• Compare the Canvas course average with an assignment, section, or student in New Analytics
• Compare Student Course Grade to Course Average in Canvas
• Identify and Email Students in Canvas Based on Assignment Grades
• View weekly online activity analytics in Canvas' New Analytics
• Send a message to a student who has not viewed or participated in a Canvas resource
• Student Level Analytics in Canvas
• Quiz Analytics in Canvas

Honorlock Proctoring in Canvas 2

• Turn on Honorlock for a Canvas Quiz
• Create a Practice Quiz in Honorlock

Canvas Assignments 8

• Create a Canvas Assignment
• Add Multiple Due Dates to Canvas Assignment
• Create a Group Assignment with randomly assigned students in Canvas
• Add an assignment to an Assignment Group in Canvas
• Assign an assignment to individual students in Canvas
• Use the Automatically Assign Peer Reviews option to an existing Canvas Assignment.
• Use the Manually Assign Peer Reviews option to an existing Canvas Assignment.
• Create a rubric in Canvas

Canvas Discussion Board 7

• Require multiple replies for a Canvas Discussion Board
• Post to a Canvas Discussion Board
• Mentioning other users in a Canvas Discussion Board
• Anonymize Discussion Posts
• View Canvas Discussion Board in split screen format
• Add Multiple Due Dates to Canvas Discussion Board
• Create a Canvas Discussion Board

Canvas Home Page Template Editing 14

• Replace the cover image in the Home Page welcome presentation with the Canvas Template
• Replace a faculty picture in the Canvas Template
• Set a cover video in the Canvas Course Template Welcome presentation
• Upload a course introduction video on the Home Page with the Canvas template
• Edit text information on a Canvas template homepage
• Set the front page of a Canvas course with Canvas Template
• Replace Home Page module thumbnail images with Canvas Template
• Embed a Padlet for student introduction on the Home Page with Canvas Template
• Edit the Course Schedule in the Canvas template
• Add a website link to a page in Canvas
• Import a past Canvas course in a new course
• Import the Course Template and pre-populate using the Canvas Template Builder
• Enable the universal template in your Canvas course
• Fix a broken homepage thumbnail link

Canvas Overview Page Template Editing 7

• Create a custom built Overview page using Canvas template
• Link learning activities to the Overview page in the Canvas template
• Remove sections of the Overview page in the Canvas template
• Customize activity rows in the Overview page of the Canvas template
• Embed a video to the Overview page in the Canvas template
• Add a website link to a page in Canvas
• Import the Course Template and pre-populate using the Canvas Template Builder