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Personal account: Notifications

Schoology sends you email and text notifications for social, academic, group, and school activity that occur in your account. You can choose which alerts you receive by updating your preferences in Settings.

Email and text message notifications differ from the Notifications menu (bell icon) in the main navigation. Notifications are not customizable. They display information related to course materials and events in chronological order to keep you informed of academic activity.

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.

  1. Click your name and select Settings.

  2. Select Notifications.

  3. Open the menu for the notification type and select:

    • On to receive notifications from all sources

    • Off to not receive any notifications

    • Custom to pick and choose the sources

  4. Click Save Changes.

Default settings

These settings are enabled by default.

Category

Activity type

Academic

  • Course update posted

  • Comments on my posts

School Groups

  • Group update posted

  • Comments on my posts

School

  • School update

Personal

  • Receive a private message

  • Receive a new subscriber

  • Another user replies to a blog comment you posted

All settings

Academic (course) notifications

Activity type

Notification trigger

Course update posted

Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of

Course comments on updates, assignments, or discussions

Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of

Comments on my posts

Anyone comments on any updates you post in your courses, groups, or profile

Assignment submissions

A student submits an assignment

Test/Quiz submissions:

A student attempts to submit a test or quiz

User joins your course

Anyone joins a course you're the administrator for

Course content created

Any materials are published in any course you're a member of

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.

Activity type

Notification trigger

Group update posted

Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of

Group comments on updates or discussions

Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of

Comments on my posts

Anyone comments on any updates you post in a school group

User joins your group

Anyone joins a school group you're the administrator for

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.

Activity type

Notification trigger

Group update posted

Anyone posts an update to any course you're a member of

Group comments on updates or discussions

Anyone comments on any updates, assignments, or discussions in any courses you're a member of

Comments on my posts

Anyone comments on any updates you post in a school group

User joins your group

Anyone joins a school group you're the administrator for

Group content created

Anyone creates media albums, discussions, or resources in a school group you're a member of

School notifications

Activity type

Notification trigger

School update

Your school posts an update

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.

Activity type

Notification trigger

Receive a private message

Anyone sends you a message in Schoology

Receive a new subscriber

Anyone subscribes to your blog

Another user replies to a blog comment you posted

Anyone replies to a blog comment you posted

Rating on one of your public resources

Anyone rates one of your public resources

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.

Manage text message notifications

Text message notifications are also available for certain actions.

If you live outside of the U.S. or Canada, text message notifications are not yet supported at this time.

Link your mobile phone to Schoology

  1. Click your name and select Settings.

  2. Select Notifications.

  3. Select Send Notifications to Your Phone via Text Message.

  4. Enter your Cell number. Your number remains hidden from other members.

  5. Choose your Country.

  6. Select your Carrier.

  7. Click Set Mobile.

Edit or remove your cell number

  1. Click your name and select Settings.

  2. Select Notifications.

  3. Select Edit for your mobile phone.

  4. Edit the Cell number or select Remove.

  5. If editing, click Set Mobile.

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