By default, your course notifications will only appear in Brightspace. We recommend adding notifications sent to your phone (SMS) or personal email. 

1. Login to Brightspace, then click your name in the upper righthand corner.

2. Select Notifications

3. Brightspace provides 2 contact methods: email and phone.

   • By default, your SUNY Geneseo email address will be used for all email notifications.

   • To have notifications sent to your phone, click Register my mobile and follow the prompts.

4. Select your preferred method of notification (Email or SMS) for each listed action in a course. 

   1. We recommend opting in to Announcements and opting out of notifications for Content. This approach will assist you in managing your email and text message inboxes more easily.

5. Set any Custom Notifications and choose any courses to exclude from your notification settings. 

   1. We recommend that you check "Allow future courses to send me notifications."

6. Click Save.

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