Notification Preferences

OptiLearn keeps you in the loop on the things that matter — new grades, upcoming deadlines, live classes, course announcements, certificates, and more. The preferences page is where you decide which of those reach you, on which channel, and how often.

Opening Preferences

Go to Settings → Notifications in the sidebar.

You'll see one card per category. Each row inside a card is a notification you might receive, with switches for each channel and a frequency dropdown on the right.

Channels

Every notification can travel along one or more of three channels:

• Email — lands in the inbox on your account
• Push — pops up on your phone if you have the OptiLearn mobile app installed
• In-app — shows up in the bell menu at the top of every OptiLearn page

Toggle any switch to turn that channel on or off for that specific notification. Changes save automatically — you'll see a small green check next to the row when the change has been recorded. If something goes wrong, the switch reverts and you'll see a toast with a Retry button.

Push notifications banner

Until you have an active mobile install, a friendly banner sits above the cards reminding you that push notifications need the app. Tap App Store or Google Play to install it, or click the × to dismiss the banner — it won't come back.

Frequency

For most categories the Frequency dropdown lets you pick:

• Immediate — the notification fires the moment it triggers
• Daily digest — bundled into one daily email
• Weekly digest — bundled into one weekly email
• Off — silenced entirely on every channel

Some critical notifications (a grade posted, a live class starting now) are locked to immediate — you'll see a small lock icon on those rows. They can't be silenced because missing them would be a real problem.

Categories

The exact list depends on whether you're a student, instructor, parent, or admin, but the typical groupings are:

Instructors also see a Teaching category (new submissions, ungraded backlog, weekly summary). Parents see Family — grades / attendance / digests. Admins see institution-wide health alerts.

Digest delivery times

If you've set any notification to Daily digest or Weekly digest, the Digest delivery times card at the bottom of the page controls when those bundles actually go out:

• Daily digest — pick a time of day from the dropdown
• Weekly digest — pick a day of the week and a time of day

Times use the timezone on your account. The card shows your timezone underneath so you know what you're picking against.

Reset to defaults

If you've made a mess of your preferences, click Reset to defaults in the top-right corner. A confirmation dialog asks you to confirm — say yes and every channel + frequency goes back to the system default. Your dismissed banners and your digest delivery times are not affected.

Tips

• Keep critical categories on. Grades, certificates, and live class "starting now" alerts are the ones you'll regret missing.
• Use digests if email is overwhelming. Set noisier categories to daily or weekly and you'll get one tidy email instead of many.
• Mute discussions if you're in many courses. The in-app bell will still surface replies — you just won't get an email for each one.
• Install the mobile app for time-sensitive alerts. Push is faster than email and quieter than in-app for things you genuinely need to act on.