Activity Stream

Activity Stream provides a centralized location for notifications like due dates, new grades and new content across all courses as well as institutional announcements. The stream is sorted into Important, Upcoming, Today and Recent categories.

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  1. Select Activity Stream to see what's new across all courses.
  2. To go directly into the course from this liste, select the course.
  3. Filter to Show All, Assignments and Tests, or Grades and Feedback

Activity Stream Categories

Activity stream items are grouped into categories to make the list easier to scan.

Important: See overdue assignments, tests, and graded discussions. If you dismiss an item in this section, you won't be able to view it again even if you sign out and sign in again. When you dismiss a stream item, the original content is not affected. You are just removing it from the activity stream.

Upcoming: Students can view their top five events that will happen in the next seven days. Select Show More for a complete list. This section does not appear if there are no upcoming events available.

Today: See everything happening and due in the next 24 hours, including institution-wide announcements about emergency notifications and updates. If an instructor added a course announcements, they appear here or in the Recent section for students.

Recent: Activity from previous dates.

Notification Settings

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At the top right the gear icon provides access to update notification settings for Stream, Email, and Push. Select Save after making any changes.

My Grades and activity

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New notifications for grading will appear in students Activity Stream

New Calendar Event

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Activity Stream will keep students up to date with new Calendar of Important and Upcoming events.

Blog Activity

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Blog notifications will let students know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.

Journal Activity

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Journal notifications will let students know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.

Wiki Activity

Wiki notifications will let students know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.

Email Notifications

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Students can choose how often and which activities receive notifications for.

1. Email me right away:Receive individual notifications for each activity you choose from the list.

2. Email me once a day:All notifications are collected and sent once a day.

3. Hit the Save button after making any changes.