Receive frequent and regular communications from your instructor by customizing notification preferences so that you are aware of important course updates.
To enable notifications in Announcements
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Navigate to the course that you want to enable Announcements notifications for.
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In the Announcements widget, click the drop-down menu and select Notifications.

Figure: Accessing Notifications through the Announcements widget.
Note: If the Announcements tool is not on your course homepage, you can locate it on the navbar or in the Course Tools menu.
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A new page loads where you can enter your desired contact methods:
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Click the check boxes for your desired methods of communication when receiving Announcements notifications.
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Announcements – announcement updated: Sends you a notification if an existing announcement posted by your instructor was updated.
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Announcements – new announcement available: Sends you a notification if a new announcement was posted to your course.

Figure: Set up email notifications for Announcements.
Notifications are enabled for Announcements.