# Managing notifications in TU Graz TeachCenter *The following guide explains how you can activate or deactivate notifications for messages, forum entries, announcements and login notifications.* *Published: 13 October 2021 · Updated: 9 February 2026* ## Standard settings and how to manage notifications ## Announcements in the course and TeachCenter site-wide Annoucements are a special kind of forum that works like a notification board. Please note: Students are **automatically subscribed to the announcements, i.e. they will receive notifications** about them. All users are subscribed to the site-wide TeachCenter announcements. ### Announcements in a TeachCenter course Teachers always find the announcements forum in the General section of a TeachCenter course. As a teacher, you can leave messages for your students here. Announcements are not meant for students to answer.  *General section* ### Site-wide TeachCenter announcements Apart from course announcements, there are **site-wide TeachCenter announcements,** which you are automatically subscribed to. These announcements usually inform you about news and updates in the TeachCenter.  ### Notification about announcements If there is a new announcement, you will receive a **notification** (red bell next to your initials).  *Icons for system notifications and direct messages* However, you can also change the settings so that you will receive emails in addition to the notification for any new announcements: - Click the **bell** icon at the top right, then the **gear** icon.  - In the Forum section, move the slider for **Subscribed Forum posts** to **on (blue)**.  **Please note:** This setting applies to all forums! If you turn on email notifications here, you will also receive email notifications for all other subscribed forums in your TeachCenter courses! ## Course forum The forum facilitates the exchange between students and lecturers as well as among students. Each TeachCenter course comes with a **forum in the General section** by default. The forum can also be accessed via the course index on the left.  *General section*  *Forum in the course index* By default, you will **only receive notifications about forums or threads that you have** **„****subscribed****“** to. If you write a thread or post in a forum, you are subscribed to this thread and will be notified about new contributions. If you want to subscribe to a whole forum, you can do so by clicking the **Subscribe to forum** button.  *Subscribe to a forum* If you only want to subscribe to a single thread and its answers, you can do so with the **slider** next to the thread.  *Subscribe to a forum post* ### Managing forum notifications By default, you will receive a system notification. If you want to receive email notifications in addition to the system notification: - Click the **bell** icon at the top, then the **gear** icon below that.  - In the Forum section, move the slider for Subscribed forum posts to on.  **Please note**: This setting applies to the whole TeachCenter, not just to one course! That means that you will receive email notificatons for all forums you are subscribed to. ### Activating a forum digest Instead of receiving a notification for each post individually, you can subscribe to a **daily forum digest**. - Click on your **initials at the top right** **–****>** **Settings** **–****>** **Forum preferences** - Choose the type of email digest you prefer, e.g. complete or topics.  If you would also like to receive this digest via email: - Click the **bell** icon at the top, then the **gear** icon below that. - Go to the Forum section and move the slider for **Subscribed forum digests** to **on**. ## Messages Messages are direct messages in the TU Graz TeachCenter. For each message, by default you will receive an **email**. Additionally, there is a notification at the **speech bubble next to your initials**.  *Icons for system notifications and direct messages* Clicking the **speech bubble** opens your messages in the sidebar, where you can read and reply to them.  *A new direct message* Clicking the **gear icon in the sidebar** opens the notification settings for messages. You can select whether you also want to **receive each message as an email (by default: on)** using the slider.  *Slider for email notifications* ## Login notification For every new login in the TeachCenter with your account, you will receive an information that someone has logged into your account. **This is a security measure.** You will receive this notification when you log in with a new network (new IP address), a new device or after being inactive for 8 hours. By default, you will receive a **system notification****.** If you would like to turn off the notifications: - Click the **bell** icon at the top right, then the **gear** icon below that.  - In System, set both sliders for **New login notifications** to **off**. ## Help & contact For questions on TeachCenter / TeachCenter Exam: [tc@tugraz.at](mailto:tc@tugraz.at)