{"id":21545,"date":"2025-08-27T06:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:28:30","slug":"brightspace-tip-531-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-531-notifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #531: Notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notifications enable you to customize what methods you want to use to receive notifications, such as email, as well as what events will trigger notifications.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nappy.co\/photo\/ipad-tablet-time%2BMXsKL10dciHpRrEjp218M\" title=\"ipad tablet time\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iPad-tablet-time.jpg?resize=375%2C562\" alt=\"A man is seated on a bench, working intently on his laptop, enjoying the fresh air and natural surroundings.\" height=\"562\" width=\"375\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Students can control how they receive information about course activity through their notification preferences. They can customize which actions in Brightspace will trigger a notification.<\/p>\n<p>The Notification tool allows users to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subscribe to a summary of activity for each course and receive a daily email.<\/li>\n<li>Specify your preferred email address for instant notifications and announcements.<\/li>\n<li>Receive instant notifications about course activity, such as edited content, new discussion posts, assignments, grades, course announcements and upcoming quizzes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructors can help their students to keep up with their coursework by encouraging them to setup their notification preferences.<\/strong> Additionally, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLxHabmZzFY6k04NnOD0XJqWwJWcesCN12\">Getting Started for Learners Video Playlist<\/a> that students should watch to get familiar with Brightspace.<\/p>\n<h2>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n<p>To customize notification preferences, users should:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From your <strong>Personal Menu<\/strong> (located in the Minibar), select <strong>Notifications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/notifications.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-201-notifications\/notifications\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/notifications.png?fit=425%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"425,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"notifications\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/notifications.png?fit=300%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/notifications.png?fit=425%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/notifications.png?resize=425%2C374\" alt=\"select notifications from personal menu\" width=\"425\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Select the email address to which notifications will be sent.<\/li>\n<li>Select the course activities for which you would like to receive notifications.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button at the bottom of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Want more information?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JyVYtIzpoI0\">Navigate Brightspace - Notifications - Learner (video)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLxHabmZzFY6k04NnOD0XJqWwJWcesCN12\">Getting Started for Learners Video Playlist<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/kb\/articles\/18108-change-personal-settings-in-brightspace\">Change Personal Settings in Brightspace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View current, past, and preview upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or<br \/>\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-189-educator-share-showcase\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/nappy.co\/user\/Jayson1\">Photo<\/a> by Jayson from <a href=\"https:\/\/nappy.co\/license\">Nappy.co<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notifications enable you to customize what methods you want to use to receive notifications, such as email, as well as what events will trigger notifications. Students can control how they receive information about course activity through their notification preferences. They can customize which actions in Brightspace will trigger a notification. 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