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

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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.


.. flat-table:: Table listing discussion notification types, including activity and preference name, audience and defaults.
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   * - #
     - 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


.. note:: Learn more about notifications in :ref:`Notifications & Preferences`.


.. seealso::

 :ref:`Getting started with Discussions`

 :ref:`Finding and Following the Right Conversations`

 :ref:`Taking Part in Discussions`


**Maintenance chart**

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