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title: "Legacy seminar notification settings"
slug: "legacy-seminar-notification-settings"
tags: ["Totara Learn", "Content Creator", "Reference"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:21Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:21Z
canonical: "totara.help/legacy-seminar-notification-settings"
---

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# Legacy seminar notification settings

This notification system is now a legacy feature. Please see [Using centralised notifications](/totara-20/docs/using-centralised-notifications) for details on using the modern notification system. You can also view our [Transitioning to new seminar notifications](/totara-20/docs/transitioning-to-new-seminar-notifications) guidance. 

When [adding a legacy seminar notification](/totara-20/docs/add-a-seminar-notification) to an activity you can configure the following settings.

| **Setting** | **Description** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scheduling | Choose whether the message should be sent immediately (**Send now**) or scheduled to **Send later**. If you select **Send later** you can set the message to send several hours from one of the following options: - **Before event (opening session start time)** - **After event (closing session end time)** - **Before end of Sign-up period (cut-off point)** | - |
| Recipients | Choose who will receive the notification message based on their registration status: - **Booked**: Send the notification to all users who were booked for the session. You can further specify that the message should go to those who **Attended only** or only those who did not attend with the status **No Shows**. - **Wait-listed**: Will send a notification to those who are signed up for an event that allows overbooking, but are not yet booked. - **User cancelled:** Will send a notification to users for whom the event was cancelled or users who cancelled their registration for a session. - **Pending requests:** Will send a notification to users who have requested a booking from their manager/role/admin that has not been approved or declined yet. | Please note, when selecting **All booked**, notifications will be issued to all booked users, regardless of their attendance status, for events past and present. Two [permissions](/totara-20/docs/what-are-roles) are important for adding recipients: - **mod/facetoface:addrecipients**: Allows the assigned role to add any recipients to the seminar's message - **mod/facetoface:removerecipients**: Allows the assigned role to remove any recipients from the seminar's message |
| Template | Select which (if any) [notification template](/totara-20/docs/add-a-seminar-notification-template) to use as a basis for your new message. After selecting a **Template**, the message content will appear in the **Body** field. | - |
| Title | Enter a name or subject for your message. This should allow you to distinguish this notification from all others and will be used as the subject line of the notification email. | - |
| Body | This is the body of the notification to be sent. Within the body of the notification several [placeholders](/totara-20/docs/seminar-notification-placeholders) can be used, where the placeholders will be replaced with the appropriate values when the message is sent. | - |
| Manager copy | Use this checkbox to send a copy of the notification message to the Learner's manager. | - |
| Manager copy prefix | Add an additional message that will appear as a prefix or preamble in the manager's copy of the notification is required. | - |
| Status | Indicates if the notification should be **Active** (visible and able to be used) or **Inactive** (not visible and unable to be used). | - |

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