Weekly activity summaries for parents

Parents can choose to receive a weekly summary of their child's activity in Brightspace. Each Saturday at 8 AM (based on the server time in the client's specific AWS region), an activity summary is emailed to parents that contains notifications and reminders. For example, an activity summary may contain reminders when assignments are due and notifications when an instructor shares portfolio items.

Note: Parents receive one email per child.

Configuration variable

By default, this functionality is turned on in Brightspace Learning Environment; however, it can be turned off by editing the d2l.Tools.ParentPortal.Notifications.DigestEnabled configuration variable.

If the configuration variable is turned on, parents then log in to Brightspace for Parents, enter and verify their email address, and select the option for emailing an activity summary.

Role permission

To enhance the security of custom email addresses in Brightspace Learning Environment, all new users setting up a custom email address must verify the email address (by clicking a link in a verification email) before they receive notifications from Brightspace Learning Environment.

To receive weekly activity summaries in Brightspace for Parents, new parent roles must have the Set custom email notification permission at the organization level.

Note the following:

• If an administrator disables the new permission for an existing role, the user must subscribe to notifications again to receive them.
• If an existing parent user changes their email address, they must verify their custom email address prior to receiving weekly email notifications.