Types of Notifications

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  • In this article, we will explain what the different notifications mean
  • To learn how to edit your notifications, go here

Notifications allow you to get an email or text message with important information regarding your courses and your LMS. 

Note

Helpful notifications for teachers to use include:

  • All Submissions to notify you when assignments are submitted or resubmitted.
  • Late Grading to notify you when an assignment is turned in late.
  • Discussion Post to notify you when a new discussion post is submitted in a topic you're subscribed to.
  • Conversation Message to notify you when you've received a message in your Inbox.

Course Activities

  • Due Date - notifies you when an assignment due date changes.
  • Grade Policies - notifies you when a course grade policy changes.
    • Ex: change in assignment group grade weight or change in gradebook total point method
      (percentage versus point value).
  • Course Content - notifies you when changes are made to course content, including page, assignment and quiz content.
    • If a user changes course content and checks the box to Notify users that this content has changed, users will receive a notification regardless of what they've selected here.
  • Files - notifies you when a new file is added to your course.
    • If the Files tab is disabled within a course, students will not receive this notification.
  • Announcement - notifies you when a new announcement is made in your course or group.
  • Announcement Created By You - notifies you when you create a new announcement in a course or group.
    • If you allow replies to announcements, a notification will be sent for those replies.
  • Grading - notifies you when grade changes are made in your course. 
    • Ex: entering or changing a submission grade and posting an assignment grade.
  • Invitation - notifies you when you're invited to web conferences, collaborations, groups and peer reviews.
  • All Submissions - notifies you when assignments (excluding quizzes) are submitted and resubmitted.
  • Late Grading - notifies you when an assignment is submitted late.
  • Submission Comment - notifies you when a submission comment has been added to an assignment.
  • Blueprint Sync - notifies you when content is synced from a blueprint course to associated courses.
    • This notification is only enabled for schools using the Blueprint Course feature.

Discussions

  • Discussion - notifies you when a new discussion topic is created in your course.
  • Discussion Post - notifies you when a new discussion post is made in a discussion you're subscribed to.

Conversations

  • Added To Conversation - notifies you when you're added to a conversation in your Inbox.
  • Conversation Message - notifies you when you've received a message in your Inbox.
  • Conversations Created By Me - notifies you when you created a conversation in your Inbox.

Scheduling

  • Student Appointment Signups - notifies you when a student signs up for an appointment in Scheduler.
  • Appointment Signups - notifies you when a user is signed up for an appointment by another user.
  • Appointment Cancellations - notifies you when appointments are cancelled.
  • Appointment Availability - notifies you when there is a change to appointment slots.
  • Calendar - notifies you when there are new or changed Calendar events.

Groups

  • Membership Update - notifies you when users are added to groups or users enroll in courses.

Alerts

  • Administrative Notifications - notifies you when administrative tasks are completed.
    • Ex: report is generated, course exported, and new account users are created.

Conferences

  • Recording Ready - notifies you when a conference recording is ready to view.

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