Intended Audience: Affiliation Users, Mentors
About
Mentors and affiliation users can customize Brightspace course notifications to control how and when updates are received. This guide explains how to adjust notification settings, manage contact methods, select notification frequency, and exclude courses if needed.
Instruction
Access Notification Settings
- Open a course from the Student Learning Portal (SLP) dashboard.
- Tap the profile name in the upper right corner of the screen.
- Select Notifications from the menu.
The Notifications settings page will be displayed, where adjustments can be made.
Notification Setting Options
- Contact Methods
- Configure a mobile device to receive notifications by selecting Register your mobile.
- Complete the fields for Country, Mobile Carrier, and Mobile Number.
- After entering the information, a confirmation code will be sent to the device. Enter the code and select Confirm.
- Set the Maximum number of messages per day for mobile notifications.
Note: Email settings should not be altered through this section.
- Summary of Activity
- Choose to receive a daily or weekly summary of course activity.
- In the Summary of Activity section, use the How often? dropdown to select the preferred notification frequency.
- By default, weekly summaries are sent at 12:00 AM on Mondays.
- Instant Notifications
- Enable instant alerts for various course activities by selecting SMS and/or Email options next to each listed activity.
- Instant notifications allow mentors and affiliation users to receive immediate updates on devices such as computers, tablets, or smartphones.
- Customize Notifications
- Personalize notification preferences further by selecting additional options available in the Customize Notifications section.
- Exclude Some Courses
- To limit notifications to specific courses:
- Select Manage my course exclusions.
- Tap the X next to any course that should be excluded from notifications.
- Tap Close to exit.
Save Changes
After adjusting all desired settings, scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Save to apply changes.