Customize email notifications
You can enable notifications to receive emails about specific activity from courses and groups in which you're enrolled, your school, and your personal account activity.
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Click your name and select Settings.
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Select Notifications.
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Open the menu for the notification type and select:
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On to receive notifications from all sources
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Off to not receive any notifications
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Custom to pick and choose the sources
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Click Save Changes.
Default settings
These settings are enabled by default.
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Activity type |
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Academic |
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School Groups |
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School |
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Personal |
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Academic (course) notifications
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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Course update posted |
Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of |
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Course comments on updates, assignments, or discussions |
Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of |
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Comments on my posts |
Anyone comments on any updates you post in your courses, groups, or profile |
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Assignment submissions |
A student submits an assignment |
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Test/Quiz submissions: |
A student attempts to submit a test or quiz |
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User joins your course |
Anyone joins a course you're the administrator for |
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Course content created |
Assignments, assessments, tests/quizzes, or discussions published in any course you're a member of |
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Course materials overdue |
There are incomplete course materials after the due date |
School groups notifications
School Groups are created by your school district or organization.
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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Group update posted |
Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of |
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Group comments on updates or discussions |
Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of |
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Comments on my posts |
Anyone comments on any updates you post in a school group |
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User joins your group |
Anyone joins a school group you're the administrator for |
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Group content created |
Anyone creates media albums, discussions, or resources in a school group you're a member of |
Public groups notifications
Public Groups are open groups created by Schoology based on areas of study and teaching techniques. Based on the settings at your organization, you may not be able to join open groups. Contact your System Administrator with any questions.
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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Group update posted |
Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of |
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Group comments on updates or discussions |
Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of |
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Comments on my posts |
Anyone comments on any updates you post in a school group |
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User joins your group |
Anyone joins a school group you're the administrator for |
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Group content created |
Anyone creates media albums, discussions, or resources in a school group you're a member of |
School notifications
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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School update |
Your school posts an update |
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School update comment |
Anyone comments on a school update |
Personal notifications
If you receive notifications for Schoology Messages, you can respond to the message directly from the notification in your email.
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Activity type |
Notification trigger |
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Receive a private message |
Anyone sends you a message in Schoology |
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Receive a new subscriber |
Anyone subscribes to your blog |
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Another user replies to a blog comment you posted |
Anyone replies to a blog comment you posted |
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Rating on one of your public resources |
Anyone rates one of your public resources |
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Receive a network request |
Anyone sends you a request to connect and join your network |
Turn off email notifications
To turn off all email notifications for your account, click Turn Off All Notifications.
Configure notification settings from a course or group
Click Notification from any course or group to customize email notifications.