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Overview

Many students find it easier to have their Canvas account customized to them so that they don't receive numerous notifications,etc. Canvas allows for some changes to take place and not others. This page will describe which features are available for use and change for SPU students as well as which are not and the reasoning behind these.

Notifications

Notifications are emails that are sent to your SPU email. These are fairly easy to change. Doing so will help students filter and receive important emails and not emails about small changes made to the course. 

  1. Go to the user "Notifications" link (Second link when the SPU Picture is selected)
  2. Select the frequency at which emails will be sent about Course Activities.

Course Dashboard Colors

Changing the colors for the specific courses on the dashboard makes them easier to find as well as to keep things organized. 

  1. Go to your Dashboard
  2. Click on the three vertical dots of the course boxes (Located on the top right corner of these course boxes.)
  3. Choose the color desired.

Course Nickname

Creating a nickname for each course may be useful when students do not remember their courses by the course number, etc. This makes it much easier for students to keep their work organized. 

  1. Go to your Dashboard
  2. Click on the three vertical dots of the course boxes (Located on the top right corner of these course boxes.)
  3. Enter a nickname in the text box provided.

 

Settings that Do Not Change

Pictures

Profile Pictures do not change due to SPU policy. Students may be able to upload such images to Canvas however, keep in mind that these will be automatically deleted within 12-24 hours after they have been uploaded.

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If image is highly not desired, there are a few options:

  • Upload the image every day (though this is not recommended).
  • Change Privacy Settings in Banner:
    • Go to "Personal Menu"
    • Click on "Privacy Settings"
    • In the "Photograph" column, check mark "Public", "SPU Only", or double click to get rid of both checkmarks so that neither option is selected. This makes it so that there is no image for your SPU online credentials.
    • Click "Submit"

 

Names

Names do not change due to SPU policy and cannot be chvia making changes to Canvas. Though Banner creates changes to and "imports" information into Canvas, Canvas cannot change the information in Banner. So, making changes to Canvas will not affect anything except the content and information within Canvas alone. Therefore changing your name in Canvas will only be applied to Canvas and not SPU credentials, etc. 

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Changing the name that appears in all SPU content is possible. Simply submit the Student Change of Directory Information form to Student Academic Services via Banner:

  • Log into Banner
  • Click on the "Personal Information Menu" tab
  • Select "Update Name"
  • Type in new name
  • Click on the "Update Name" Button towards the bottom.
  • Follow the link: Student Change of Directory Information to do this process on paper.

 

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