{"id":54,"date":"2020-12-18T18:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T18:19:47","slug":"customizing-notification-settings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/customizing-notification-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Customizing Notification Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notifications are automatically generated, text-based messages triggered within a course that update D2L Brightspace users about changes or updates to the course. The course must be active to send notifications. Brightspace users can have notifications sent directly to their email or phone. Notifications are customizable and can be enabled\/disabled by every user in Brightspace.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd; padding: 12px 12px 1px;\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NOTES: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Course notifications are only sent from Active courses. For more information on how to make your course active, visit our support page: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/making-courses-active-or-inactive\/\">Making Courses Active or Inactive<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Course Announcements are not emailed out to students before the course start date, nor after the course end date. Thus, announcements will not trigger a notification before the course start date\/after the end date. However, instructors can adjust the default start and end dates for their Brightspace courses in the Course Offering information page to allow for announcements outside of the set dates. ***All correspondence after the last day of classes should be made by Classlist email function. If you wish to make announcements after the last day of classes, you will need to update your class&#8217;s end-of-date setting.*** For information on how to change your class&#8217;s end-of-date setting, visit our support page: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/changing-course-start-and-end-dates\/\">Changing Course Start and End Dates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Demo Student accounts will not receive notifications, as they do not have actual email addresses to receive notifications.<\/li>\n<li>Notifications in the mini-navbar persist for 90 days. Selecting the alert icon will display the most recent 5 alerts in the drop-down menu with a \u201cLoad More\u201d button to display the next five alerts in chronological sequence. These alerts are enabled by default and inform students when new Content has been created, when grades and feedback have been released, and other such updates for courses they\u2019re enrolled in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Customize Your Notification Settings<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Log into \u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brightspace.carleton.ca\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brightspace<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fwith your\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My杏吧原创One<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f credentials.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Select <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">your\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">personal menu<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, where your name appears at the top right of the page<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">A drop-down menu will appear with various profile settings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of top right of Brightspace page with red callout around the personal menu button.\" width=\"518\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot.png 518w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot-240x25.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot-400x42.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot-160x17.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/wp-content\/uploads\/demoinstructor-screenshot-360x38.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the drop-down menu, select<\/span> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Notifications<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the <em>Notifications<\/em> page, review your notification settings under the following headings:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Contact Methods <\/b>&#8211; Review your email and mobile number<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/b>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd; padding: 12px 12px 1px;\">\n<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong><span class=\"TextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\">By default, your 杏吧原创 email address will be used for all email notifications. To add a different email address, select \u201cchange your email settings\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd; padding: 12px 12px 1px;\">\n<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong><span class=\"TextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\">To get notifications sent to your phone, select \u201cRegister my mobile\u201d and follow the steps to set up your mobile device.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"Calibri\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Summary of Activity <\/strong>&#8211; Choose<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0how often you would like a summary of activity for each of your<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">courses within Brightspace<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd; padding: 12px 12px 1px;\">\n<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong><span class=\"TextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\">This is optional. If you would like to\u00a0use this notification feature, it can be\u00a0specified\u00a0for daily or weekly summary reports.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Instant Notifications <\/strong>&#8211; Select to choose <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">your preferred method of notification for each listed action in a course.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\"> You have the following notification options: <strong>SMS<\/strong> (text) or <strong>Email<\/strong>.<\/span>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd; padding: 12px 12px 1px;\">\n<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong><span class=\"TextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX9 SCXW42208983\">You can only enable SMS notifications once you have registered your mobile number under <em>Contact Methods<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Customize Notifications<\/strong><em> &#8211; <\/em>Select\u00a0any<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ustom\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">otifications\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">you wish to include. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Exclude Some Courses <\/strong>&#8211; You may <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">exclude\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">courses\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">from your notification settings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> using <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">manage my course exclusions<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">When you are finished customizing your settings, select <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/span> You have now customized your notifications for your Brightspace account. You may revisit this page and make changes at any time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notifications are automatically generated, text-based messages triggered within a course that update D2L Brightspace users about changes or updates to the course. The course must be active to send notifications. Brightspace users can have notifications sent directly to their email or phone. 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