Staying Updated with Notifications

Discussion notifications keep you informed when others interact with your posts or when instructors share updates.

There are four notification preferences for Discussions:

1. Activity notifications: Notifies you of all activity related to posts or responses you’ve authored or are following.

2. New posts from instructors: Notifies you when an instructor creates a post.

3. New discussion posts: Notifies you when someone creates a new discussion type post.

4. New question posts: Notifies you when someone creates a new question type post.

Table below shows which activity types trigger notifications. Several activity types are grouped into a single preference to avoid clutter in preferences.

Table listing discussion notification types, including activity and preference name, audience and defaults.

#	Activity	Recipients	Preference Name	Tray Default	Email Default
1	New response on your post	Post author	Activity Notifications	ON	Daily
2	New comment on your post	Post author
3	New comment on your response	Response author
4	New response on a post you follow	Post follower
5	New comment on a post you follow	Post follower
6	Response on your post is endorsed	Post author
7	Your response is endorsed	Response author
8	A new discussion-type post	Anyone	New discussion posts	OFF	OFF
9	A new question-type post	Anyone	New question posts	OFF	OFF
10	A new post from the course instructor	Anyone	New posts from instructors	ON	Daily

Note

Learn more about notifications in Notifications & Preferences.

See also

Getting started with Discussions

Finding and Following the Right Conversations

Taking Part in Discussions

Maintenance chart

Review Date	Working Group Reviewer	Release	Test situation
Dec 11, 2025	Aamir Ayub	Ulmo

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