1. Log in to Moodle: Open Bridgeway Academy Moodle Site (opens in new tab) and log in with your @mybridgeway.net user id and password.
  2. Access User Menu: Click on your profile picture or name at the top right corner of the page to open the user menu.
  3. Select Preferences: In the user menu, click on "Preferences."
  4. Notification Preferences: Under the Preferences section, click on "Notification preferences."
  5. Adjust Notification Settings: Here, you can see various types of notifications (e.g., assignment feedback, forum posts). Use the toggles to turn notifications on or off for each type as per your preference.

Additional Tips

  • Email Notifications: You can also configure email notifications from the same "Notification preferences" page on the website.
  • Mobile Notifications: Ensure that mobile notifications are enabled if you want to receive alerts on your phone. This can be done via the app settings 
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By following these steps, you can customize how and when you receive notifications in Moodle to stay updated with your course activities.


Some important notifications to set as ON are:

  • Assignment notifications
  • Activity updated or added
  • Activity graded
  • Course Grade Changed
  • Forum Submission
  • Questionnaire reminder


Below is a tutorial that will guide you to apply appropriate settings.  Remember, that all settings that you can change are at your discretion.


39 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Log in to the site | Home and click Bridgeway Microsoft Account

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2. You may need to clear all the previous notifications. Click the arrow to Mark all as read.

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3. Click the gear to open Notification preferences.

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4. There are three columns: Activity Feed, Web, and Email. Scroll and click the gear to open Email settings.

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5. Click in the Send email notifications to box. You can change the email that these notifications will go to. It will not change the Weekly Grade Report emails or the Missing Assignment emails, which will still go to the main email address on file.

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6. Type the email you want to send these different notitfications to in the Send email notifications to box.

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7. Click Save changes.

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8. Click highlight

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9. Click highlight

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10. Scroll down and click highlight

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11. Scroll down and click highlight

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12. Click highlight

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13. Scroll down and click highlight

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14. You do not have to add Email for all of these - especially if it's your parent's email, because it may be annoying. To toggle it on, click in the Email button.

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15. The web notification is a good one to turn on. Those are the popups that you get when you first log in. To turn those for Assignment notifications, click the button in the Web column to toggle it on.

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16. Feedback is another good one to turn on for Web notifications. Click the Feedback notifications Web button to toggle the Web notifications on.

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17. You can also turn on Feedback reminder.

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18. The first column is for the Activity Feed, which is a block on the right-hand margin. You may or may not need that notification, either. You can choose whether to turn that on or not. Click it to advance to the next step.

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19. Next are the Forum (Discussion) Notifications. We recommend turning those on in the Activity and Web, but off in the Email. In most cases, subscriptions aren't available. Click to turn it on for the Activity Feed.

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20. Click the Subscribed forum digests Activity Feed Notifications on.

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21. Click to toggle the button to turn on the Web Notifications for Subscribed forum posts.

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22. Click to toggle the button to turn on the Web Notifications for Subscribed forum digests.

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23. Click to toggle the button to turn off the Email Notifications for Subscribed forum posts.

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24. Click to toggle the button to turn off the Email Notifications for Subscribed forum digests.

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25. You can turn the Open Forum off, as well. Click to toggle the button off to turn off the Email Notifications.

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26. Click to toggle the button off to turn off the Email notifications.

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27. Turn on the Quickmail message Web Notification button.

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28. Scroll down to Grade notifications in the System section. Click the button to toggle Activity Feed on for Grade notifications.

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29. Click the button to toggle Activity Feed on for Course content changes.

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30. Click the Grade notifications Web button to turn it on.

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31. You may want to turn on Course content changes. Click on the Web Notification button here to toggle it on.

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32. You may want to turn on Welcome message for new course enrolments.. Click on the Activity Feed Notification button here to toggle it on.

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33. You may want to turn on Grade range messages. Click on the Activity Feed Notification button here to toggle it on.

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34. Click on the Web Notification button here to toggle on Grade range messages.

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35. Scroll down to the Open LMS Section. This will send an email each time you complete an activity. It is OPTIONAL, and you do NOT have to turn this on. Click it to go to the next step.

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36. If you want an email every time an activity is graded, you can turn this one on. It is OPTIONAL, and you do NOT have to turn this on. Click it to go to the next step.

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37. This will send a notification to your Activity Feed every time an activity is graded. It is OPTIONAL, and you do NOT have to turn this on. Click it to go to the next step.

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38. Every time you take a quiz, something is graded, or you attend a class, your grade will change. This whole line is OPTIONAL, and you do NOT have to turn this on. Click it to go to the next step.

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39. That's it. You're done. Please contact support or your advisor with any questions.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

https://www.iorad.com/player/2551911/Moodle-Notification-Preferences