Notifications

OptiLearn sends you notifications when things happen that you care about — your assignment was graded, a deadline is coming up, a live class is starting, your peer review is ready, you earned a certificate. This page explains where they show up and how to control them.

The bell

In the top header on every OptiLearn page, you'll see a small bell icon with a number badge if you have unread notifications. Click the bell to open a dropdown showing your most recent notifications.

Each notification shows:

• An icon indicating its category (grade, assignment, live class, certificate, etc.)
• A title and short message
• A timestamp ("2h ago", "Yesterday")
• A faint highlight on unread items

Click any notification to mark it read and jump to the relevant page (the graded assignment, the live class room, the certificate, etc.).

All notifications page

The bell only shows the most recent ones. For your full history, click See all at the bottom of the dropdown — or visit /notifications directly. The page has:

• Tabs to filter by type — All, Unread, Grades, Assignments, Live, System
• Pagination — 25 per page
• Bulk select — tick checkboxes to mark several read at once
• Mark all read button when you have unread items

This is the place to skim what you've missed, or to find that notification from last week you swore you saw but can't remember where.

What you'll be notified about

Notifications are grouped into categories. The exact set you see depends on what you do in OptiLearn, but the common ones are:

Managing what you receive

Click the Settings icon at the bottom of the bell dropdown — or go to Settings → Notifications in the sidebar — to open your preferences page.

On that page you can:

• Turn each notification on or off for each channel (email, push, in-app)
• Pick a frequency — Immediate, Daily digest, Weekly digest, or Off
• Set digest delivery times so summaries arrive at the time of day that works for you
• Reset everything to defaults with one button if you've made a mess

The full walkthrough is in Notification preferences.

A few that can't be turned off

Some notifications are too important to be silenced — you'll see a small lock icon on the corresponding row in your preferences page. These include:

• Assignment graded — you really need to know your grade
• Resubmission requested — your instructor is waiting on you to act
• Peer review assigned / complete — both ends of peer assessment are time-sensitive
• Live class is live now / cancelled — wouldn't want you to miss class because of a muted notification
• Certificate earned — you've earned a credential, you should know

You can still pick the channel — email vs push vs in-app — for these, you just can't silence them entirely.

Get notifications on your phone

Install the OptiLearn mobile app and you can receive push notifications — instant alerts on your lock screen. Same login as the web; the app picks up your preferences automatically.

If you haven't installed the app yet, the Push column on your preferences page is greyed out with a tooltip explaining why. Install the app and the toggles light up.

Tips

• Don't mute everything. A blanket "off" misses things you'd actually want to know.
• Use digests if you're getting overwhelmed. Set noisier categories to daily or weekly and you'll get one tidy email.
• Check your preferences once a month. Your usage changes; your preferences should change with it.

Related

• Notification preferences — full walkthrough of the settings page
• Lesson progress — what milestone celebrations look like