.. _Ulmo Notifications:

Introducing Activity Notifications
###################################

The Ulmo release introduces a new Notifications experience that helps learners
and instructors stay informed about course activity. This is the first release
where the feature is available and more upgrades are underway.

Notification Tray
*****************

A bell icon (🔔) in the upper right corner of all pages shows unread
notifications count across discussions, grading, and course updates. Clicking on
the icon opens the tray which displays notifications organized by platform area.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/ulmo/ulmo_tray.png
   :alt: The notifications tray appears to the right of course content

   Web interface showing the notification bell icon with an unread count, and the notification tray expanded

Email Notifications
*******************

Users can receive notifications by email, with flexible delivery options:
immediately, daily, or weekly.

Daily and weekly emails contain notifications from the past 24 hours and 7 days,
respectively. Site operators can configure schedule of these emails.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/ulmo/ulmo_notifications_email.png
   :alt: A screenshot of a daily email, showing 1 course update, 1 grade update, and 9 new discussion comments/threads

   Daily email digest displaying notifications from Discussions, Grading, and Course Updates.

Notification Preferences
************************

:ref:`Notification preferences <Staying Updated with Notifications>` on the user
Account Settings page allows users to choose which activities they want to hear
about, how often, and through which channels (in-platform tray and/or email).

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/ulmo/ulmo_notifications_preferences.png
   :alt: A screenshot of the Account Settings > Notifications page

   Notification preferences on the Account Settings page, showing toggles for enabling tray and email notifications and dropdown menus for selecting email frequency.

Supported Activities
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The table below summarizes all supported activities and their corresponding preferences.

.. flat-table:: Table listing supported notification types, including activity and preference name, audience and defaults.
   :header-rows: 1

   * - #
     - Activity
     - Recipients
     - Preference Name
     - Tray Default
     - Email Default
   * - 1
     - New response on your post
     - Post author
     - :rspan:`6` Activity Notifications
     - :rspan:`6` ON
     - :rspan:`6` 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
   * - 11
     - A post has been reported
     - :rspan:`2` Forum moderators
     - :rspan:`2` Reported content
     - :rspan:`2` ON
     - :rspan:`2` Daily
   * - 12
     - A response has been reported
   * - 13
     - A comment has been reported
   * - 14
     - New course updates
     - All enrollees in a course
     - Course updates
     - ON
     - Daily
   * - 15
     - New ORA submission for staff review
     - Staff, Admin on a course
     - New ORA submission for staff
     - ON
     - OFF
   * - 16
     - ORA grade awarded to learner
     - Learners
     - ORA grade received
     - ON
     - Daily




Documentation
*************

For instructions on using Notifications in courses, managing preferences,
reviewing activity, and understanding delivery settings, please refer to the
:ref:`Notifications & Preferences`.

For site operators, configuration options are available in the :ref:`Enable Notifications`.



.. seealso::

   :ref:`Notifications & Preferences`

   :ref:`Discussions Notifications <Staying Updated with Notifications>`



**Maintenance chart**

+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| 2025-12-05   | Product  WG                   | Ulmo           | Pass                           |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+