Intended Audience: Affiliation Users, Mentors
Introduction:
Brightspace course notifications can be customized by mentors and affiliation users. To modify notification settings and select the preferred frequency of receiving them, follow the steps provided below.
Details:
- First, open a course from the Student Learning Portal (SLP) dashboard.
- Next, tap the profile name in the upper right corner to display a menu of options and then choose Notifications.
- At this point, the notification settings can be adjusted as needed.
- When finished, tap the Save button at the bottom of the page to apply notification changes.
Contact Methods
You can use the Contact Methods section to configure your mobile device for notifications. Note that email settings should not be altered.
- Tap Register your mobile to select the country, carrier and phone number for the device that should receive notifications.
- Next, enter the code sent to your mobile device and then tap Confirm.
- Finally, choose the Max number of messages per day to receive to this mobile device.
Summary of Activity
Users can choose to receive a daily or weekly summary of course activity for specific courses. To select the preferred frequency, click on the How often? drop-down field and choose an option. By default, new users will receive weekly notifications distributed at 12:00 AM on Mondays.
Instant Notifications
Instant notifications are alerts that appear on your computer, tablet, or smartphone as soon as an activity occurs. To enable these notifications, select the SMS and/or Email options for each activity from this section.
Customize Notifications
Include customization of these notifications by selecting the options available.
Exclude Some Courses
Notifications can be limited to specific courses.
- First, tap Manage my course exclusions from this section.
- Then select the X next to the course(s) that should be excluded.
- Finally, tap the Close button to exit.
