Manage alerts

Alerts can appear on your Today's View page to inform you of any of the following conditions:

• Students have not passed an activity in the time specified.
• New submissions are posted to the gradebook.
• Students do not enter a course in the time specified.
• Students submitted an activity after the due date.
• Students did not submit an activity by the due date.
• Students haven't read comments you added to a submission.

You can also set an alert that notifies students that you have entered comments on their submissions.

Alerts appear in the Notifications channel on the Today's View page . A number appears in parenthesis after each alert, indicating the number of students to whom that alert applies. As noted below, these numbers update at intervals of varying lengths depending on the alert type.

You set which alerts, if any, appear in the Notifications channel on the Today's View page.

Available alerts include:

• Review Required (updates every 30 minutes) displays the number of study plan progress alerts that require your review. Alerts appear based on flags enabled on the Preferences > Study Plan page. At least one flag must be set to make an alert available.

  Available alert flags are:

  • Flag instructor after student submits pre-test: Select if you enable readiness check sequencing, either within a readiness check or between readiness checks in a folder, and want to receive a notification each time a student submits a pre-test. You must clear this alert before the student can continue to the next assignment in the readiness check sequence.
  • Flag instructor when remediation material attempts are exceeded: Select to display an alert after student exceeds the number of attempts for readiness check materials and still has not met the passing threshold for the activity.
  • Flag instructor after [xx] attempts on the post-test: Select to display an alert after student exceeds a specific number of attempts on the post-test. If you enable readiness check sequencing, either within a readiness check or between readiness checks in a folder, you must clear the alert before the student can continue to the next assignment in the study plan sequence.

  • Allow instructor to reassign remediation based on post-test results: Select to enable sequencing within the readiness check materials.

  To view more details and clear alerts, click Review Required. The student names and pre-tests, post-tests, or study plan materials that require your review appear along with the grade on the student's most recent attempt. Use the test's or study material's options menu to release materials to the student or reassign materials.

  Click	To
  Reassign (available for post-tests)	Let the student re-take the post-test. The status in your course list changes from Assigned to In Progress after the student re-starts the post-test. For the student, status changes to Not Started, but previous submission data is maintained.
  Reassign study material (available for study materials)	Let the student work on study materials again. The study material status in your course list changes from Assigned to In Progress after the student re-starts the study material. For the student, study material status changes to Begin, but previous submission data is maintained.
  Mark Complete	Mark pre-test, post-test, or study plan material as complete. This action releases the next set of materials in the study plan sequence. The gradebook does not display a score for the test or study plan material; it appears as "---".
  View in Course Materials	Go to the Course Materials page, where the test or study material is highlighted.
  View Submissions	Open the View Submissions window.
  View History	Review the date on which you or another instructor: Assigned the next study plan asset to a student. Changed the number of available attempts by reassigning the post-test. Deleted one or more submissions for the asset. Note: If there are no updates, this history does not appear in your course.
  Send message	Open mail.

  Note: After you reassign a study plan pre-test, post-test, or study plan materials, or mark it complete, the alert is cleared. However, the count on the Review Required channel may take several minutes to reflect this action.

• Not Passed (updates every 30 minutes) shows the number of students who have not passed an activity.

  To view submitted activities along with the number of students who have not met the pass criteria and the total number of students who took the activity, click Not Passed. Then click an activity to open it in the gradebook. You can also use the activity's options menu to access additional options including the following:

  Click	To
  View All Submissions	Open the View Submissions window.
  View in Course Materials	Go to the Course Materials page where the submitted activity is highlighted.
  Send message	Open mail.

• New Grades (updates immediately) shows the number of grades that have posted to the gradebook for auto-scored assessments. This alert appears the first time you open the course after new grades are posted.

  To view the number of new grades posted for an activity, click New Grades. Then click an activity name or click Go to Gradebook to open the activity in the gradebook. You can also use the activity's options menu to access additional options including the following:

  Click	To
  View All Submissions	Open the View Submissions window.
  Send message	Open mail.

  Note: Instructors can allow teaching assistants to access the gradebook and view student submissions from the Preferences > Permissions page.

• Idle Students (updates immediately) shows the number of students who have not entered or signed in the course for an amount of time that you specify.

  To view the names of idle students, click Idle Students. You can also use the student's options menu to access additional options including the following:

  Click	To
  Deny Access	Restrict student from accessing the course. Note that when a student is inactive, the student is still enrolled in the course.
  Send message	Open mail.
  View Roster	Open the Manage Roster page.

• Past Due: Submitted (updates every 30 minutes) shows the number of activities submitted after the due date. Alerts can appear by student name (default) or by activity name. To display this type of alert, select Enable Calendar on the Preferences > General page.

  You can use the Past Due: Submitted alert to manage late submissions:

  • Select one or more boxes to view late submissions for a single activity or for multiple activities.
  • Select the name of a specific student to select all activities for that student.
  • Select Select All to select all activities listed on the page.

  The activity due date and time and the activity's last submitted date and time, if any, appear below the student or activity name.

  After you make your selections, you can use the Accept and Decline options at the top-right corner to accept the selected late submissions or decline to accept them.

  Options menu choices include the following:

  Click	To
  Accept/Decline Late Submission (available for activities)	Accept or decline an individual student (or activity) submission. For details, see Accept or decline late submissions. For information on how to set a due date, see Schedule or restrict assignment availability.
  View Submissions (available for activities)	Open the View Submissions window.
  Send message	Open mail.

• Past Due: Not Submitted (updates immediately) shows the number of students who have not submitted activities by the due date. To display these alerts, select Enable Calendar from the Preferences > General page.

  To view the names of the students who have not submitted the activity, click Past Due: Not Submitted. You can use the student options menu to access additional options including:

  Click	To
  View Roster	Open the Manage Roster page.
  Send message	Open mail.

• Performance shows a graphical summary of student performance. For details, see Display performance information.

  To review performance statistics, click Course Performance or Student Performance.

To customize or remove alerts:

1. Go to the Today's View page.
2. Click Customize on the Notifications channel toolbar.
3. Select from the following types of alerts:
   • Notify me when students have not passed an activity in the time specified: Select to receive notifications when students do not obtain a passing score for activities within a period of time you specify. You can select Show All (default) to view the alert for all students who have not passed an activity. If you specify a time frame, such as one week, alerts appear for students who do not pass an activity within that time frame, measured from the current date.
   • Notify me when new submissions are posted to the Gradebook: Select to receive notifications when submissions are posted for grading.
   • Notify students when an instructor enters comments in the View Submission screen for an attempt: Select to send notifications to students when you enter comments for instructor-graded essay activities.
   • Notify me when students do not enter the course in the time specified: Select to receive notifications when students do not enter the course in a specified time, in days, weeks or months. If you select a time frame, such as one month, you receive an alert for each student who has not entered the course within that time frame.
   • Notify me when students submit an activity past the due date: Select to receive notifications when students submit activities after the specified due date. You can either view past due submissions listed By student name (default) or By activity name. .If you have created anonymous activities, they are not included in this alert.
   • Notify me when students do not submit an activity by the due date: Receive notifications when students do not submit activities by the specified due date. You can select Show All (default) to view the alert for all students who have not submitted the activity. If you specify a time frame, such as one week, you receive an alert for each student who does not submit the activity within the time frame specified, for example, one week from the current date. If you have created anonymous activities, they are not included in this alert.
   • Notify me when students have unread instructor comments: Receive notifications when students do not read comments you have posted on their submissions.
4. Click Save and Close.

To remove a type of alert from the Notifications channel, clear its checkbox. When you remove an alert, it no longer appears in the Notifications channel for any users in the course.

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