Canvas Profile

If you have not already done so, please update your profile:

Image showing the steps to update a Canvas profile

Click the "Account" icon on the left of the page.
Click "Profile" in the list.
Click the "Edit Profile" button and enter the information you would like people to see.
To change your profile photo, click the bottom right corner of the picture image, and click "Upload a picture" Then find your picture, and click the red Save button.
Click "Settings" if you want to connect your Canvas account to Google Drive, or add your mobile phone number, or an alternate email address.
Click "Notifications" to tell Canvas where and how often to notify you of changes in your classes.

The profile photo and the profile information you enter will be visible to everyone in your classes, but not visible outside of Canvas on the public internet.

Account Settings

Next, set up any additional contact methods you wish to use on Canvas, your language, and your time zone. Click "Settings" (5 above) to start.

Image showing the steps to update a Canvas profile

Optional: Click "+ Add Email Address" if you want Canvas to use an additional email address to contact you (other than the default @biola.edu address). Then click "+ Add Contact Method" if you want to add a cell phone number for Canvas to send you text messages.
Click the "Edit Settings" button
Choose a Language and Time Zone (default is US English and Pacific Time Zone).
Click the red "Update Settings."

Notifications

Whenever something happens in one of your classes, Canvas generates a "notification" and you can decide how and when to receive those notifications. Types of notifications include: receiving a grade for an assignment, a due date is changed, a teacher posts an announcements, a discussion post was made, etc. You can receive these notifications by email, text message, Skype message, Twitter Direct Message, etc. And you can decide how often (if at all) to receive these notifications.

Click Notifications on the left (#6 in the first image above), and in the column grid, choose your preferred frequency for each type of notification event. If you choose "Do not send me anything," Canvas will not notify you. (Note: you will still see those notifications the next time you log in to Canvas, on your Home Page.)

Image showing the steps to update a Canvas profile

Video Tutorials

Here are some videos showing how to change these settings:

Video on User Setting and Profile Pictures.
Video on Notification Preferences.
List of other Video Tutorials .