To highlight important messages in your inbox press the star button next to the message.

You can view your starred messages by selecting the starred filter at the top of the page.

You can use this filter to to also view any unread, sent, and archived messages. You can also use this option to view submission comments made by the students to their assignments as comments in Speedgrader.

Unread messages are marked with a dark blue circle (1). This turn to a white circle once you have read the message (2). You can alter the messages read status by clicking on the circle next to the message.

The video below details how to find and open messages in your Canvas inbox:

Transcript

Conversations in the Canvas inbox are listed chronologically, with newer conversations listed at the top and older conversations listed towards the bottom. Left, click on the conversation to view the message.

The number of replies in the conversation thread will show next to the message.

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Please click "Next" to continue.