Messaging between students and faculty in Canvas take place within the Canvas Inbox.

How to message your entire class:

First, to message the students of your class your section must be Published. You can Publish your course from the course Home page.
Go to Inbox in the main Canvas navigation menu.
Select the Compose a New Message
At Course, select the course you want to message from the Favorite Courses
On the To line, select the button to the right.
Select Students and then All Students.
Add a Subject, a message body and any attachments that you would like to include.
Select Send.

You have now sent your message to your entire class!

To update your personal notification settings:

Go to Account in the main Canvas navigation menu.
Select Notifications.
Scroll down to Conversations, the settings specifically for Canvas Inbox.
The default setting is to “Notify me right away” via your college email address for Added to Conversation and Conversation Message. You can choose another setting to change the frequency to daily, weekly or not at all if you prefer.
We recommend that instructor’s change the Conversations Created by Me setting to the checkmark (Notify me right away) if you would like to have notifications of your sent messages sent to your MCC email inbox.

Students and Faculty can manage their notifications to any settings they wish. Everyone can have their own personal preference on any of their notification settings and many who download the Canvas student or instructor mobile app may prefer to get push notifications directly on their phone instead.

Review Demonstration Video Below: