P2PU Lounge - Mar 2010

http://wiki.p2pu.org/course-page-administration

Users can configure their notification settings in two ways: (1) Define what events trigger notification emails (2) Frequency of the messages

(1) Events

You can decide what events (for example, the submission of an assignment) should trigger an email notification. The user interface for doing that is not completely intuitive yet, but the functionality should work:

• Go to your user page (for Niels this would be http://p2pu.org/users/niels, but you have to go to your own page for this to work)
• Click the "Notifications" tab
• Click on the link "Administer your subscriptions" to see what notifications you already have (and change them), or
• Click on the link "Content type in group" (and don't pause to wonder what that means) to add a new notification
• Make sure to save any changes you made

(2) Frequency

You can set the frequency that the p2pu site sends you notification of changes made to the courses you are a member of. This will help you control the amount of email coming to you.

• Go into your Account.
• Choose the Edit tab.
• Scroll down until you see the Message and Notification setting panel.
• Change your Default Send Interval – you can choose to receive notifications immediately, every hour, twice a day, daily or weekly. We suggest you choose at least daily, since important messages come through your notifications.
• Scroll down and hit save.

Another way to make these changes is via the notification emails you may have already recieved. At the foot of those mails, you should see a small note that says "This is an automatic message from p2pu. To manage your subscriptions, browse to http://p2pu.org/user/somethingblahblah". Just click on that link, and you'll automatically be taken to your notification and subscription page, where you can make the changes.