Annoto Notifications
Follow the discussion
You can stay on top of things by following the discussion.
Following a discussion means you will receive a notification email whenever someone replies to your comments in a discussion or whenever a new comment is added to the conversation.
Following\ Unfollowing the discussion is done via the Annoto menu.
How to follow?
By default, you will not be notified on new comments.
Following a discussion is by either of the following:
Adding a comment in the Comments space (once you add a comment in the shared comments area in a specific video, you will be notified on replies and new comments created in this video).
Following a video via the Annoto menu
You can follow the video discussion without adding a new comment by clicking the Bell icon in the Annoto menu:
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What to follow?
Instructors can choose what they want to follow:
Follow this discussion - means receiving notifications for new comments & replies that are added in this specific video
Follow this group - means receiving notifications for new comments & replies that are added in any of the videos in the course\ channel.
In order to be a follower - the bell should be green. When the following-bells in the menu are clear - no notifications will be received, as can be seen here:
Notifications' preferences
You can enable/disable which email notification you will get from Annoto in "my Space". Accessing it is from the Annoto menu:
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Choose which email notifications you would like to receive:
Followed Groups - once enabled, you will be notified on new comments and replies in the videos within the group (course/ channel, etc.)
Followed Discussions - once enabled, you will be notified on new comments and replies in this discussion (video)
Replies - once enabled, you will be notified when a comment you wrote received a reply
Mentions - once enabled, you will be notified on comments that you are mentioned in
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Toggle right (green) = Enabled
Toggle left (grey) = Disabled
Please note that if you disable notifications in the preferences, you will no longer receive any emails for any of the videos in the course.
Want to control which notification you receive? You can manage the Annoto discussions in all the videos from the Annoto menu. Click here to learn how.
You can also follow\unfollow the discussion from the Annoto Dashboard. Click here to learn how to do so.
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