Please use the below steps to manage notifications on Google Classroom.


If you are a HOF or Cover Supervisor it may be useful to turn off notifications for classes you do not directly teach but are a teacher in thanks to your role.


Recommended steps for HOF

Recommended steps for Cover Supervisor


Turn email notifications on or off

You can decide if you want to get email notifications about updates to your classes.  

  2. At the top, click Menu "".

    Click Menu

  3. Scroll down and click Settings.

    Click Settings

  4. Next to Receive email notifications, click the switch Off "" or On "".

Customize notifications

You can choose the notifications that you get for all of your classes. For example, you can turn off invitation notifications for all classes but keep notifications for assignments on.

  2. At the top, click Menu "".

    Click Menu

  3. Scroll down and click Settings.

    Click Settings

  4. Next to Receive email notifications, click the switch On "".
  5. Next to each type of notification that you want to get, click the switch On "".Refer to the tables below for a description of each notification.

Teacher notifications

NotificationDescription
Comments on your postsSomeone comments on your post.
Comments that mention youSomeone mentions you in a post or comment.
Private comments on workA student sends you a private comment.
Late submissions of student workA student submits work after the due date.
Resubmissions of student workA student resubmits work.
Invitations to co-teach classesA teacher invites you to teach a course as a co-teacher.
Scheduled post published or failedA scheduled post published or failed to post.
 

Student notifications

NotificationDescription
Comments on your postsSomeone comments on your post.
Comments that mention youSomeone mentions you in a post or comment.
Private comments on workA teacher sends you a private comment.
Work and other posts from teachersA teacher creates an assignment, question, or announcement.
Returned work and grades from your teachersA teacher grades or returns work.
Invitations to join classes as a studentA teacher invites you to a new class.
Due-date reminders for your workYou have unsubmitted work that's due within 24 hours.

Turn all notifications on or off for a class

You can choose whether you receive notifications for a specific class. For example, if you don’t want any notifications for your Math class, you can turn them off, but you’ll still get notifications for your other classes.

Note: If you turn off notifications for a class, all notifications for that class are turned off.

  2. At the top, click Menu "".

    Click Menu

  3. Scroll down and click Settings.

    Click Settings

  4. Next to Receive email notifications, click the switch On "".
  5. Next to Class notifications, click the Down arrow "".
  6. Next to the class name, click the switch On "" or Off "".