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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#131E83">What is happening?<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#365F91">Currently, students enrolled in eCollege would login to LearningStudio to check the status of their course activities.
<b>Beginning the Fall 2015 term</b>, students can be alerted to course activities via text or on their mobile phone or up to two email addresses. Based on their preferences, they can automatically receive a push notification with every new: course announcement,
threaded discussion post, grade, and/or assignment without having to login to the course. Enrolled students will automatically receive email notifications for announcements, and can opt out of this feature. To receive text notifications, students must opt
in. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#365F91">Please see the attached knowledge article or watch the
</span><a href="https://tamuc.equella.ecollege.com/items/fb418305-e9c9-4190-a011-e995db862f31/1/Notifications.mp4?.vi=htmlFiveViewer">video guide link (.mp4 video)</a><span style="color:#365F91">for assistance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#131E83">When:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#365F91">Fall </span>
<span style="color:#1F497D">Term </span><span style="color:#365F91">2015</span><span style="color:#1F497D">, August 31, 2015</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#131E83">Services/Applications Impacted:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.25in"><span style="color:#365F91">Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#131E83">Affected Users:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#365F91"> Students & Faculty</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#365F91"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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