Notifications

Click Notifications in the TAC Banner to display notifications sent to you. The number of unread notifications displays in front of Notifications.

Using the Notifications Viewer

Note: Your browser settings determine whether the viewer displays as a new pop-up window or as a tab within an open window. With the Notifications viewer in a separate browser window, you can move it to a second video display to continuously monitor your notifications.

Notifications Viewer Toolbar Options

Option	Description
	Unread Notifications Indicator The number of unread notifications displays in the indicator in the upper left corner of the Notifications Viewer. Note: If the number of unread notifications exceeds 99, "99+" displays in the indicator.
or	Expand/Collapse Button In the top toolbar, clicking this toggle button expands or collapses all notifications in the viewer. In the shaded area along the left-side of the viewer, clicking this toggle button expands or collapses the notifications in a particular group of notifications.
or	Select All/Deselect All Box This function works in conjunction with the "With Selected" field. indicates a notification is selected. In the top toolbar, clicking this box selects or deselects all notifications in the viewer. In an individual notification, clicking this box selects or deselects that specific notification.
With Selected	The options in this field allow you to apply an action to all selected notifications. Select: Delete to delete any selected notification. Mark Read to change any selected notification to appear to have been read. The subject heading will not display in bold and the message status indicator displays as . Mark Unread to change any selected notification to appear to not have been read. The subject heading displays in bold and the message status indicator displays as . Note: These actions are applied immediately. There is no confirmation prompt. If you delete a notification by mistake, you can restore notifications you have deleted within the last 7 days.
Sort By	Select how you want to display groups of notifications in the viewer. You can sort notifications by Date, Application, or Category. Sort By Date Sample Sort By Application Sample Sort By Category Sample
Show All	The options in this field allow you to filter the notifications that display in the viewer. Select: All to display both read and unread notifications. Deleted to display only notifications you deleted within the last 7 days. Unread to display only notifications that have not yet been read.
	Click to set up the viewer to display notifications from all PLUS 360 applications you use, where applicable. Clicking this button opens the PLUS 360 Application Link
	Click to view or update your notification subscription preferences in the Notification Subscription page
	Click to launch the Notifications Viewer in a new browser window. This option displays only when the viewer window displays in a pop-up window.
	Click to close the Notifications Viewer.
	Click to the right of each notification you want to delete.
	Next/Previous Buttons If there are a large number of notifications, the buttons in the lower right corner of the viewer window allow you to navigate between the next and previous pages. When a button is highlighted, click the appropriate button to display the next >> or previous << page. If neither button is highlighted, no additional notifications exist.

Notification Viewer Tasks

Expand or collapse individual sections

Click

• • Expand a section to display all notifications in the group by clicking

    

    in the shaded area on the left side of the viewer window or by clicking the heading of the collapsed group.
  • Collapse a section to hide all notifications in the group by clicking

    

    in the shaded area on the left side of the viewer window or by clicking the heading of the expanded group.

Expand or collapse all sections

Click

• • Expand all sections by clicking

    

    at the top of the viewer window.
  • Collapse all sections by clicking

    

    at the top of the viewer window.

Change a notification's message status (mark notifications as read or unread)

Click

• • Unread: The notification message heading displays in bold text, and the message status indicator displays as

    

    .
  • Read: The notification message heading displays in normal text, and the message status indicator displays as

    

    .

Delete notifications

Notifications remain in the viewer for the number of days specified in the POD Configuration Utility, after which time they are automatically deleted. You can manually delete messages, as well as restore notifications you deleted within the last 7 days.

To delete individual notifications:

• • Click

    

    to the right of each notification you want to delete.

To delete multiple notifications:

• • Click

    

    to the left of the notifications you want to delete, then select the Delete option in the With Selected field at the top of the viewer window.

To delete all notifications:

• • Click

    

    at the top of the viewer window to select all notifications, then select the Delete option in the With Selected field at the top of the viewer window.

Note: When you select to delete a notification, no confirmation dialog displays. You can, however, restore notifications you have deleted within the last 7 days using the next procedure.

Restore deleted notifications ("undelete")

In the Show All field, select Deleted to display the notifications that you have deleted within the last 7 days, then use one of the following methods to restore deleted notifications:

• • Restore individual notifications: Click

    

    to the right of the notification(s) you want to restore.
  • Restore multiple notifications: Click

    

    to the left of the notification(s) you want to restore, then select the Undelete option in the With Selected field at the top of the viewer window.
    The restored notification(s) display in the viewer window after you select All in the Show All field.

• • Restore all notifications: Click

    

    at the top of the viewer window to select all notifications, then select the Undelete option in the With Selected field at the top of the viewer window.

View the Student Summary page for a student

Click the student name link in a notification to display the Student Summary page for that student. Not all notifications contain links to other pages.