Staying up-to-date - subscribing to course elements

FELIX 20-070

What you need to know

If you have subscribed to a course element, you will be informed by e-mail to your HFU email address about new features in the respective course element (e.g. new files in folders, new forum entries, new calendar entries, etc.).

FELIX collects these notifications for each user individually and sends the collected information to your HFU email address within a defined period of time.

What do you need to do...

1. ...to subscribe to a course element?
2. ...so that you and your students receive notifications from subscriptions in a timely manner?
3. ...to manage subscriptions (e.g. to turn off unwanted FELIX notifications)?

What you have to do

  1. Subscribe to a course element.

    • Select the course element you wish to subscribe to (e.g., a file in a course).

    • The course element will open.

    • Click on the bell icon (top right) and select “OFF” in the dialog box that opens before “Subscribe”.

    • The symbol changes and now reads “ON”.

    • If you would like to subscribe to additional modules, you must repeat this process for each desired module.

    • The “message module” is a special case among the modules; users automatically subscribe to it when they click on the module.

  2. How can you set the time interval of notifications?

    • Click on the profile image (top right) and under "Configuration" select "System settings".

    • The settings will open.

    • Click on the "System" tab if it is not preset.

    • The “General System Settings” window opens.

    • Click the drop-down menu at "E-mail notification" and set the desired time interval.

    • "Save" your entry.

    • The new setting for the timing of notifications will be permanently active from the next log-in.

  3. How can you manage subscriptions (e.g., turn off unwanted notifications)?

    • Notification modules subscribe automatically when opened. This can result in subscriptions that you have not actively set up.

    • Click on your profile (top right) and select “Subscriptions.”

    • The subscription page opens. You can choose between the tabs “News,” “Subscriptions,” and “RSS News Feed.”

    • In the “News” tab, you can view notifications in addition to your email account.

    • In the “Subscriptions” tab, you can deactivate or delete subscriptions. This option is particularly important if you no longer have access to the course and cannot delete the subscription directly there.

    • In the “RSS News Feed” tab, subscribe to the news as an RSS feed.

Problems or questions?