> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rittly.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Notifications

> The notification bell, the full list, and who sees which events.

The bell sits in the top bar on every signed-in screen (desktop and mobile). It is not limited to staff.

## Open notifications

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click the bell">
    Unread count shows as an orange badge. The dropdown loads the five newest items.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open one">
    Click a row to go to the related screen (message, call, course, ticket, calendar, community). Unread items mark as read when you open them.
  </Step>

  <Step title="View all">
    **View all notifications** opens `/notifications` for the last 50. **Mark all as read** clears the badge.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You are never notified about your own action.

## What students see

Only notices addressed to that student:

* Direct messages
* 1:1 call confirmed, declined, rescheduled, or cancelled
* Comments and likes on **their** community posts
* Added to a community channel
* Testimonial approved
* Support ticket reply or resolved
* Calendar events for everyone, or for a course they are enrolled in
* Course published, updated, or archived (if enrolled)
* Added to the academy

## What students do not see

Staff-only notices, such as new enrolments, lesson completions, new call **requests** (the instructor gets those), testimonials waiting for review, and new support tickets in the queue.

## What staff see

Everything above that is addressed to them, plus teaching events: enrolments on their courses, lesson completions, call requests, support tickets, and testimonials to review.


## Related topics

- [Instructors and messages](/people/instructors.md)
- [Publish and archive](/courses/publish.md)
- [What is Rittly](/index.md)