Smart Notifications
The grade, message, and deadline alerts that matter — each linking straight to the right screen.
Ember surfaces the updates worth your attention — a grade posted, a teacher reply, a due date approaching — right on your dashboard and notification center, with each alert linking directly to the relevant course, message, or assignment.
At a glance
The challenge
Every school system pings you about something
Between the LMS, the school's mass email list, and individual teacher tools, parents field alerts from every direction — most too vague to act on and easy to tune out entirely.
How Ember helps
One notification feed, organized by what it actually is
Ember groups alerts by type — grades, messages, announcements, attendance, due dates — right in your dashboard's recent updates and a dedicated notification center, so you can scan and act instead of digging.
Real scenarios
When you'll use it
Concrete moments in the school week — not abstract features.
Grade posted
Tap the alert — land on the assignment, not the homepage.
Busy workday
Batch low-priority updates into an evening digest.
Urgent only
Teacher messages break through; routine stuff waits.
Capabilities
Everything included
Grade-posted alerts
Know the moment a new grade lands, with a link straight to that assignment.
Teacher message alerts
A reply from a teacher surfaces immediately, linking to the exact conversation.
Assignment due-date reminders
See upcoming deadlines before they become last-minute scrambles.
Attendance alerts
Get flagged when an absence or tardy is recorded for your child.
Classroom announcements
Teacher updates for the whole class show up alongside your child's individual alerts.
Configurable notification preferences
Choose which alert types matter most to you from your settings.
Snooze
Snooze non-urgent categories during vacations.
SMS option
Critical alerts via text where districts enable it.
How it works
Up and running in three steps
Activity happens in your child's courses
A grade posts, a teacher replies, an assignment comes due, or an attendance record updates.
Ember tags it by type
Grades, messages, announcements, attendance, and due dates each get their own category.
It lands in your feed
Recent updates on your dashboard and the notification center show what's new, unread first.
One tap gets you there
Every alert links to the exact assignment, thread, or course it's about — never just a homepage.
FAQ
Common questions
Adjust priority tiers and quiet hours anytime.
Try Smart Notifications free
Set up your school or classroom in minutes. No credit card required.
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