What are the recommended Notifications settings for Instructors?
What are the recommended Notification settings for Instructors?
The table below presents the meaning of each notification option provided by WorldClassRoom. Recommended setup for instructors is also provided. However, please take the recommendation as a rule of thumb - you can adjust the notification settings, at any time, in a way that best fit your needs. These settings apply to all courses and organizations to which you belong.
Options | Meaning | Recommended Setup |
Course Activities | ||
Due Date** | You will be notified when the due date of an assignment is changed. | |
Grading Policies** | You will be notified when a grading policy is changed, such as making an assignment worth more points. | |
Course Content** | You will be notified when any course page is changed, such as a new reading is added. | |
Files** | You will be notified when a new file is posted to a course or when a file is modified. | |
Announcement** | You will be notified when an announcement is posted. | |
Announcement Created by You | You will be notified if a student replies to an announcement you have created. | |
Grading** | You will be notified when a grade for an assignment is added or modified. | |
Invitation | You will be notified when you are invited to join a course. | |
All Submissions | You will be notified when students submit an assignment in a course you teach. | |
Late Grading | You will be notified when students in a course you teach submit a late assignment. |
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Submission Comment | You will be notified when students add comments to their submission. |
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** These notifications are primarily for students and instructors probably do not need to have notifications set for these. | ||
Discussions | ||
Discussion** | You would be notified when new discussion topics are created. Courses default to not letting students create discussion topics. | |
Discussion Post | New Discussion Post in a topic to which you are subscribed. | |
** These notifications are primarily for students and instructors probably do not need to have notifications set for these. | ||
Communications | ||
Added to Conversation | You will be notified when you are added to a conversation. | |
Conversation Message | You will be notified when you receive a new message. | |
Conversations Created by Me | You created a conversation. This notification would act as a verification that you sent the Conversation message. | |
Scheduling | ||
Student Appointment Signups | You will be notified when a student signs up for an appointment in a course you teach. Decide first if you will be using the Appointment scheduler (set to ASAP) then decide on your notification preference (never if not using. | |
Appointment Signups** | You will be notified when there is a new appointment to sign up for. Instructors will not likely need this unless they are a student in a course. | |
Appointment Cancelations | You will be notified when one of your appointments is cancelled, if you use the Appointment Scheduler. | |
Appointment Availability | You will be notified when an appointment time slot is changed, if you use the Appointment Schedule. | |
Calendar** | You will be notified when a calendar event is changed. Only instructors can change their course calendars. | |
** These notifications are primarily for students and instructors probably do not need to have notifications set for these. | ||
Groups | ||
Membership Update | You will be notified when you are invited to join a group. | |
Alerts | ||
Administrative Notifications | You will be notified when you receive an administrative alert. | |
Legend | ||
You will receive notifications right away. | ||
You will receive a daily summary of notifications. | ||
You will receive a weekly summary of notifications, which will be sent out each week between 11 PM CST on Friday and 11 PM CST on Saturday. | ||
You will never receive notifications. | ||