How to Confirm Your Email Address Used for Canvas

Introduction

When an email address is added to your Canvas account, Canvas sends a one-time confirmation message to that address. Until you confirm it, Canvas won't send course notifications there, so you could miss announcements, due date reminders, and messages. If you're an advisor or other SPC staff member that's an ally in Dropout Detective, if you don't confirm your email, you might miss alerts.

Confirming takes less than a minute. You can do it from the email itself, or resend the email from your Canvas settings if you can't find it.

Confirm from the email

Can't find the email? Resend it from Canvas

Confirm from the email

Look in your inbox for a message from CanvasAtSPC with the subject Confirm Email: Canvas. It looks like this:

Open the email from CanvasAtSPC.
Check that the address in the message is yours and ends in @spcollege.edu.
Click Click here to confirm this registration near the bottom of the message.
Log in to Canvas if prompted. Canvas shows a message that your email address is confirmed.

Can't find the email? Resend it from Canvas

First, search your inbox, Junk, and Clutter folders for "CanvasAtSPC" or "Confirm Email." If it isn't there, you can send a new one from your Canvas settings.

Log in to Canvas at canvas.spcollege.edu.
In the left navigation, click Account (1), then click Settings (2).
Find the Ways to Contact section on the top right side of the page (1). An unconfirmed email address is marked with a warning icon (2). Click the unconfirmed email address (3).
In the window that opens, click Re-Send Confirmation.
Check your inbox for the new email, then follow the steps in Confirm from the email above.