Providing Communication Updates
Important note about communicating with your students before your course begins:
Courses are “unpublished” by default, so students will not be notified of new announcements or able to access course materials/files that you share at first. Your course must be “published” before students can see your course.
If you wish to send a message/announcement to your students before your course in Quercus is ready, you can by following this procedure:
1) Publish the course, 2) send your Announcement, 3) Unpublish your course again.

Sending an Announcement
In Quercus, you can communicate with your students by sending an Announcement.

Recording a Video Message
Making a video recording can be done easily and quickly in Quercus.
Recording a video can be an effective way to communicate important information to your students.
Please note: the first time you try to record, you will need to give your web browser permission to access your microphone and camera.

For more information about recording a video in Quercus, please see the Canvas instructor guide entitled "How do I record a video using the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?"