Customizing Notification Settings

Customizing Notification Settings

1. Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. Click your name in the mini-navbar.
4. Click Notifications from the drop down menu.
5. Click Enable email notifications to receive email notifications.
   1. Click Use system email.
   2. Click Save.
6. Click Register your mobile to receive SMS notifications.
   1. Click your country in the country drop-down menu.
   2. Click your mobile carrier in the mobile carrier drop-down menu.
   3. Type your mobile number.
   4. Click Save.
   5. Type the confirmation code that was sent to your mobile device. It may take a few minutes for the code to be sent.
   6. Click
   7. Click the maximum number of text messages to receive a day from the drop-down menu.
7. To receive an email with a summary of course activity, click the drop-down menu in the Summary of Activity section and select to receive a daily or weekly summary.
8. Click the SMS or Email select box for each content type to receive instant notifications about course activities.
9. Click

The notification settings have now been set. Return to this page at any time to edit these settings.

Subscribing to a Discussion

Remain up-to-date on discussions by subscribing to a forum, topic, or thread. Unlike notification settings, discussion subscriptions are set for each topic or thread individually to help you best manage class discussions.

1. Log in to Brightspace with your MyCarletonOne credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.
4. In the drop-down menu, select Discussions.
5. Click the chevron (arrow) beside the name of the forum or topic you are subscribing to.
6. In the drop-down menu, select Subscribe.
7. Choose your preferred notification method in the pop-up menu:
   1. Show notifications in the minibar only: Notifications will appear under subscription alerts in the minibar.
   2. Send me an instant notification: Notifications will be sent via email.
      

      NOTE: To receive email notifications for subscribed discussions, Email notifications needs to be enabled in your notification settings, and Discussions – new post in a forum, topic, or thread that I subscribed to in instant notifications must be selected under Instant Notifications. These settings can be adjusted by clicking on your name in the mini nav and selecting Notifications.

8. Include in my summary of activity: Include details on updates to the discussion in a daily or weekly summary.
   

   NOTE: Summary of activity must be enabled in notification settings.

9. Click Subscribe