Activity Notifications

Summary PaT sends you activity notifications of several kinds. A red number on the notifications button shows how many new alerts you have. Clicking a notification about a Bulletin Board post takes you straight to that post, where you can respond to the comment it is about. Video chat room invites and auto nudge reminders also come through your notifications.

Steps

Step 1

At the top right of the screen, find the notifications button: the bell in the row of icons. A red number on the bell shows how many new alerts you have. Click the bell.

Step 2

The Notifications panel opens on the right of the screen. It lists all your notifications, newest first, each with who it is from and when.

Going to a Bulletin Board post

Step 3

Click a notification about a Bulletin Board post, such as one saying that someone has replied to your post. PaT takes you straight to that post.

Step 4

The panel now shows the Bulletin Board post, with the comment the notification is about below it.

Step 5

To give feedback on the comment, use the icons below it: give it a thumbs up, a heart, or report it with the last icon (a circle with a line through it). Responding lets people know their comments on your post are being seen and not lost in a black hole.

Step 6

To leave the post, click the back arrow at the bottom left of the panel. The list of notifications comes back.

Other kinds of notification

Step 7

Video chat room invites and auto nudge reminders also come through your notifications. An invite says that someone has invited you to join a video chat; a reminder says that someone has not responded to the following chat.

Step 8

To close the panel, click the X at its top right.