---
title: "Configure performance activity notifications"
slug: "configure-performance-activity-notifications"
tags: ["Totara Perform", "Site Administrator", "Content Creator", "How-to"]
updated: 2026-08-13T16:01:41Z
published: 2026-08-13T16:01:41Z
canonical: "totara.help/configure-performance-activity-notifications"
---

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# Configure performance activity notifications

You can edit or create [notifications](/totara-20/docs/what-are-centralised-notifications) for a specific [performance activity](/totara-20/docs/what-are-performance-activities) if required.

## Edit a notification

To edit a notification for a performance activity, follow these steps:

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Activity management* and select the activity for which you want to edit notifications.
2. Select the **Notifications** tab.
3. Use the **Enabled** toggles to decide which notifiable events are able to send notifications.
4. Expand the notification trigger you wish to configure.
5. Click the three dots (![three_dots(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/three_dots(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T05%3A59%3A04Z&se=2026-11-06T06%3A59%3A04Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RCvuDJLP9LC8jdCA9u1zgPIGOW88%2BbEFOz%2Bm4ok3KbY%3D)) alongside the notification you wish to edit.
6. Click **Edit**.
7. Complete the [settings](/totara-20/docs/notification-settings) and add your notification content. To override a specific part of the notification (e.g. the **Schedule** or **Body** text) click the toggle next to the setting, then edit the setting as required.
8. Click **Save.**

Now, whenever this notification is triggered the new settings will be used.

Note that only the settings with the toggle enabled will use the edited content for the individual notification. Any settings that do not have the toggle enabled will instead inherit the content or configuration from the higher context level (e.g. the site level). You can therefore revert a setting back to the default by disabling the toggle for that setting. If a notification is changed at a higher context level, only the settings with the toggle disabled will be updated on edited notifications at lower levels (e.g. on an individual activity). Any changes made to notifications on individual instances will not be applied elsewhere.

## Create a notification

To configure a notification for a performance activity, follow these steps:

1. Go to *Quick-access menu > Activity management* and select the activity for which you want to create a notification.
2. Select the **Notifications** tab.
3. Click the three dots (![three_dots(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/three_dots(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T05%3A59%3A04Z&se=2026-11-06T06%3A59%3A04Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RCvuDJLP9LC8jdCA9u1zgPIGOW88%2BbEFOz%2Bm4ok3KbY%3D)) alongside the trigger for which you wish to create a notification.
4. Click **Create notification.**
5. Complete the [settings](/totara-20/docs/notification-settings) and add your notification content.
6. Click **Save.**

![Course badge](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/course-badge_notifications.svg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T05%3A59%3A04Z&se=2026-11-06T06%3A59%3A04Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=RCvuDJLP9LC8jdCA9u1zgPIGOW88%2BbEFOz%2Bm4ok3KbY%3D)The Totara Academy has a whole course dedicated to [Notifications](https://totara.community/course/view.php?id=706) 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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