D2L Notifications Setup for Faculty

D2L NotificationsNotifications allows you to control how you receive notifications about activities in your course. You can choose to receive instant notification via your preferred method (email or SMS) or you can choose to receive a summary of activity daily for each of your courses through email.

Students can also set up their accounts to receive notifications, you can link the student instructions in your course.

Note: Pulse App is for student use only.

Access the Notifications feature through the News item, or the personal menu on the Minibar.

Setting Up Email Notifications:

  1. Click on Notifications from your personal menu on the Minibar or from the News item.
  2. Under the Email Address section, click on Change your email settings.
  3. Select the Use system email or the Use custom email based on your personal preference.
  4. Click Save.

Setting Up SMS Notifications (Text Messages):

  1. Click on Notifications from your personal menu on the Minibar or from the News item.
  2. Under the Mobile Number section, click on Register your mobile.
  3. Enter all the required information (country, mobile carrier, and number)
  4. Click Save.
  5. SMS NotificationsAfter you receive a registration confirmation code on your mobile device, click Confirm your mobile number and enter the code in the Confirmation Code
  6. Click Confirm.
  7. Select the Instant Notifications you wish to receive via text message by checking the box next to the options.
  8. Click Save.

Excluding Courses from Notifications:

  1. Click Notifications from your personal menu on the Minibar or the News item.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to select Manage my course exclusions located under the Exclude Some Courses section.
  3. Use the search field to find the course you want to exclude. 
  4. Click the X next to each course name to stop notifications.
  5. Click Close.
  6. Click Save.