Student: How do I set my Canvas notifications to receive an email for new Discussion posts?
You will learn how to set your Notifications in Canvas to notify you when someone makes a new Discussion post in your course.
Note: After setting Notifications, you need to mark each Discussion separately that you want to subscribe to.
1. Click on Account.
![Account icon is selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/968/719/original/a05e633a-5df8-4630-b63b-8b4a88d12c8e.png)
2. Click on Notifications.
![Notifications link selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/968/721/original/f0f7f5f3-404b-46a3-834a-b87cf97ee901.png)
3. Click on the Notifications icon for Discussion.
![Notifications icon for Discussions is selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/968/723/original/73031a37-869c-472f-ac14-c7dd1b65c37b.png)
4. Select how promptly you would like to be notified.
![Notify immediately is selected](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/968/725/original/64dcf2ee-f9c0-4cba-9e76-b02222f5f3ce.png)
Article Summary
You have now learned how to see your Canvas-wide notifications so that Canvas will send you email updates for Discussions within your course.
Note: After setting Notifications, you need to mark each Discussion separately that you want to subscribe to.