Editing the contents of a notification email

You can specify the subject and body text of a notification. Default text is provided.

The emails use special text-variables that get replaced with information specific to the user that is receiving the email. The available text-variables are described below.

To edit the contents of a notification:

  1. Open the Admin Tasks side-tab and click Manage Notifications.

  2. Double-click the notification you want to edit or select the notification and click Edit. Alternatively, you can select the notification, right-click on the table, and select Edit.

  3. On the Notification window, edit the text of the Subject and Message fields as necessary. The following text-variables can be inserted in the subject and body.

    Text-Variable

    Replacement text

    <#START_DATE#>

    Start date of the course or curriculum

    <#END_DATE#>

    End date of the course or curriculum

    <#LOCATION#>

    Location of the course or curriculum

    <#LOCATION_DESCRIPTION#>

    The description of the location

    <#COURSE_NAME#>

    Name of the course

    <#CURRICULUM_NAME#>

    Name of the curriculum

    <#CURRICULUM_DESC#>

    Description of the curriculum

    <#SESSION_NAME#>

    Name of the session

    <#INSTRUCTOR_NAME#>

    Name of the instructor

    <#USER_ID#>

    Student's user ID

    <#USER_FIRSTNAME#>

    Student's first name

    <#USER_LASTNAME#>

    Student's last name

    <#USER_FULLNAME#>

    Student's full name

    <#USER_PASSWORD#>

    Student's password

    <#USER_SUBORG0#> thru <#USER_SUBORG15#>

    Defined sub-org values

    <#CM_LINK#>

    CourseMill log-in URL.

    If the Organization Base URL setting is present, it will be used for the URL. For details about Organization Base URL, see Adding an organization and Viewing and editing organization details.

    <#MEETING_DAYS#>

    Days of the week that the session meets

    <#START_TIME#>

    Session start time

    <#END_TIME#>

    Session end time

    <#COURSE_NOTES#>

    Course notes

    <#COURSE_DESC#>

    Description of the course

    <#COURSE_LAUNCH#>

    URL that immediately launches the course.

    If the Organization Base URL setting is present, it will be used for the URL. For details about Organization Base URL, see Adding an organization and Viewing and editing organization details.

    <#SESSION_NOTES#>

    Session notes

    <#WAITLIST_POSITION#>

    Position on the waitlist, if enabled

    <#CREDIT_HOURS#>

    Number of credit hours earned

    <#COMPLETION_DATE#>

    Course completion date

    <#DB_NAME#>

    Database name

    <#TOPIC_NAME#>

    Discussion board topic name

    <#TOPIC_ENTRY#>

    Discussion board topic entry

    <#TOPIC_POSTER#>

    Name of the discussion board topic poster

    <#SCORE#>

    Score for the course.

    <#PURCHASE_DATE#>

    Date of purchasing the course

    <#FOREACHITEM#>

    Number of items purchased

    <#CATALOG_TYPE#>

    Type of course catalog

    <#CATALOG_NAME#>

    Name of course catalog

    <#CATALOG_PRICE#>

    Price of course catalog

    <#ENDFOREACHITEM#>

    End of item purchase

    <#SHOPPING_CART_TOTAL#>

    Total cost

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