Staying Updated with Notifications

Staying Updated with Notifications#

Discussion notifications keep you informed when others interact with your posts or when instructors share updates.

There are four notification preferences for Discussions:

  1. Activity notifications: Notifies you of all activity related to posts or responses you’ve authored or are following.

  2. New question posts: Notifies you when someone creates a new question type post in your course.

  3. New discussion posts: Notifies you when someone creates a new discussion type post.

  4. New posts from instructors: Notifies you when an instructor or staff member creates a post.

The table in the image below shows which activity types trigger notifications. Several activity types are grouped into a single preference to avoid clutter in preferences.

Table listing discussion activity types, their preference names, recipients and defaults

Table listing discussion activity types, their preference names, recipients and defaults.#

Note

Learn more about notifications in Notifications & Preferences.

See also

Getting started with Discussions

Finding and Following the Right Conversations

Taking Part in Discussions

Maintenance chart

Review Date

Working Group Reviewer

Release

Test situation

3rd Dec, 2025

Aamir Ayub

Ulmo

Pass