When a post is created in the Activity Feed, or a comment is added to an Activity Feed post, students will by default receive a notification only in the minibar of D2L. That notification or alert appears as an orange dot over the Update alerts icon (the bell) in the minibar: To view a more detailed explanation […]
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If a D2L course is inactive, and a student is subscribed to News notifications, will they receive a notification when a News item is posted?
If a D2L course is inactive, and a student is subscribed to News notifications, they will not receive a notification when a News item is posted. More information about notifications is found in the D2L Notifications guide, and a guide to setting your D2L course to active is found here.
April 10.8.0 – Verification of Email Address for Notifications
To enhance the security of notifications, all new users who select custom email address must verify that email address (by clicking a link in a verification email) before they receive notifications from via email in D2L.
How do I manage VoiceThread notifications?
VoiceThread maintains instructions for managing VoiceThread notifications, and those instructions are found here. By default users are subscribed to a daily digest notification email, as well as instant email notifications for every time someone records a comment on a VoiceThread they are affiliated with (via owning, commenting, subscribing, or sharing). It is possible to opt out […]
Why am I receiving a notification email when a student submits to a Submission folder?
Following a D2L upgrade during the Summer of 2017, instructors are now able to subscribe to notification emails triggered by students submitting to a Submission folder. In order to subscribe to these email notifications, you follow these instructions: Navigate to the Submissions area of your course. Locate the Submission folder in the list. Click the […]
What is the difference between Discussion icons in the Grades area of D2L?
In the D2L Grades area you might notice two types of conversation bubbles, or Discussion-related icons: The first set of conversation bubbles (depicted in dark gray) indicate that there are discussion posts from the student that have already been marked as read in the Discussions tool area. The next set of green and orange conversation […]
Why don’t I receive instant D2L Discussion notifications by email?
In order to receive instant D2L Discussion notifications via email, you need to subscribe to Discussion Forums and Topics in the Discussions area of a course, and apply the appropriate Instant Notification settings in the Notifications area of your D2L profile. It is likely that you have not yet applied the necessary Instant Notification settings […]