Notifications Upgrades!

Notifications Upgrades! At italki, were constantly making new improvements to the website. We add new features and make bug fixes all the time. Most of the time these changes go relatively un-noticed unless they are big new features like Instant Tutoring. But once in a while, there are some small improvements that will make a big difference to our users. Our latest improvement, unified notifications  will make everyones experience on italki much better.  Weve organized all those random little notifications and bubbles that you would normally get and now present these notifications in order of importance and urgency. Youll now know whats important and what needs to be acted on. Heres a quick recap of our new Unified Notifications: Upcoming Sessions Displays your next upcoming lesson with a teacher or a student Action Required Displays the most urgently needed task that you need to take action on in order of importance. For example, if you are a teacher you might need to confirm a new session request or respond to a reschedule.  If you are a student, you may need to confirm your latest session or respond to a session problem. These are all time sensitive actions which need immediate action. Other Notifications These are other notifications that are informative but not time sensitive.  For example, if a new friend follows you or sends you a follower request.  If someone makes an edit to your notebook entry.  If your teacher makes a change to your package or accepts or declines your latest session request. With unified notifications, all notifications are conveniently placed in one easy to find place making the italki experience easier for everyone.  We want you to be spending your time learning a new language, not trying to figure out what to do on the site. Also weve now given each user direct control of how they wish to receive notifications.  If you go to your Notification Settings  you can customize how you receive notifications.  Receive notifications via email or as messages or pop-ups on the italki website.