It's important to understand that notifications set in one context are inherited to lower contexts. This means that the notifications you have configured at the site level will be inherited to all individual instances. Once you are happy with your site-wide settings, you can customise the notifications on an individual instance, such as a specific course or program.
You can configure notifications at lower context levels for a number of features. For example, after setting up seminar notifications at the site level, you could edit and create notifications for a specific seminar activity. See the following pages for more information on configuring notifications at lower context levels:
- Configure program and certification notifications
- Configure course and activity notifications
- Configure seminar notifications
- Configure performance activity notifications
The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to Notifications in Totara. Here you can learn more about how to set up and use centralised notifications, see best practice, and give it a go yourself.
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