How-to Guide: Close a System-Wide Announcement in Canvas

Modified on Mon, 13 May 2019 at 04:07 PM

        

How to Close a System-Wide Announcement in Canvas

    

           

What’s a “system-wide announcement”?

Have you ever logged into Canvas and seen a message appear at the top of your User Dashboard?


Canvas User Dashboard with system-wide announcement outlined in a thick red square.

An example of a system-wide announcement (indicated in red).


This message is a system-wide announcement. It is used to share important information to Canvas users at the University of Pennsylvania, such as:

  • Information on how to request Canvas sites near the start of a new term
  • Maintenance-related outages for tools used in Canvas (e.g., Turnitin)
  • Events and services of interest to Canvas users at the University of Pennsylvania


It can be useful to allow a system-wide announcement to display as a reminder of important information, and they go away automatically when they are no longer relevant. However, if you no longer need to see a system-wide announcement, you have the ability to remove it from your User Dashboard.


How do I remove a system-wide announcement from my User Dashboard?


You can remove a system-wide announcement from your User Dashboard by clicking on the in its upper-right corner.


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Click on the “X” in the upper-right corner of a system-wide announcement to close it.


Important: Please note that once you remove a system-wide announcement, it is permanently deleted from your User Dashboard, so please be certain that you want to remove a system-wide announcement before doing so.

Questions?

Please email canvas@pobox.upenn.edu if you have any questions.


*Taken with permission from infocanvas.upenn.edu

    


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