Manage classroom channels and automatic updates

Assigned instructors and admins can create channels and edit their names, topics, and posting rules. Open the classroom from My classrooms, then use Add channel or a channel's edit control.

Create a channel

1. Select Add channel below the classroom's channel list.
2. Enter a Channel name and, optionally, a Topic explaining its purpose.
3. Select Only instructors can post if the teaching team should start messages there.
4. Select Create channel.

The channel is visible to everyone with classroom access. Restricting who posts does not make a private staff channel: students can still read, react, and reply in threads. Use a name such as project-showcase that students can recognize in #channel suggestions.

Edit or archive a channel

Use the pencil beside a channel or its settings button in the header to change its name, topic, or posting rule. Save the changes before directing students to it.

Built-in channels keep the same link when renamed and offer Reset to default. #prompts and #updates always restrict new messages to instructors and admins, even with a different display name. Other built-in channels, including day channels, can also be restricted.

For a channel you created, Archive channel removes it from the active list. Creating a channel with that archived name again restores its history. A custom channel's address follows its name, so share the current link after renaming it.

Control automatic class updates

Open #updates and use Auto-updates on/off in the header. Automatic updates are on by default and can include class reminders, a class going live, schedule changes or cancellations, and available recordings.

Turning the switch off stops future automatic posts for that classroom. It leaves existing posts in place and does not control workshop reminder emails. You can still publish an instructor update yourself.

Automatic classroom events also appear in the notification bell. These classroom updates are separate from teacher-community event RSVPs, which do not schedule automatic reminders.

Share the channel with students

Type # in a message, select the channel suggestion, and send. Students can select the resulting channel link. For pinning, review, or student moderation, use Moderate classroom messages and members.