{"id":362,"date":"2024-08-27T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/teaching-guides\/?p=362"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:28:41","slug":"managing-notifications-in-brightspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/teaching-guides\/2024\/08\/27\/managing-notifications-in-brightspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Notifications in Brightspace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This guide will help users manage notifications in Brightspace, ensuring they stay informed about important course activities. Notifications can be customized to suit individual preferences, making tracking of new announcements, discussions, and other course-related events easier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1. Email Notification Defaults<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Email notifications from Brightspace are sent to a user\u2019s system email account, including their email account associated with Brightspace. At CUNY, that will be whichever email account is associated with your @login.cuny.edu single-sign-on account, or your main campus email account, if you are affiliated with multiple campuses. You will want to confirm that you are receiving notifications after adjusting your settings, and you can do that by sending yourself an email from Brightspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default*, the following email notifications are enabled for Brightspace users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/em>Note:<\/em> Instructors may not have the email notification defaults listed below if their accounts were created before the implementation of these defaults<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Announcements:<\/strong> Announcement updated, new announcement available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assignments:<\/strong> Assignment due date or end date is 2 days away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions: <\/strong>New posts in a forum, topic, or thread you’ve subscribed to in instant notifications. [See Section 4 Discussions You’ve Subscribed To <\/em>for how to subscribe to discussions]\n\n\n\n

Quizzes: <\/strong>Quiz due date or end date is 2 days away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. How to Change Notification Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Users can customize their notifications based on their preferences. To access notification settings in Brightspace, click on your profile icon in the top-right corner and select Notifications from the dropdown menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Notification <\/strong>page, adjust your preferences on the following items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n