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Notifications

PlanStudyBoost keeps you up to date with a notification bell in the navigation bar. You'll be alerted when a schedule conflict is detected or when a parent or teacher grants you an award.

The notification bell

The bell icon (🔔) appears at the bottom of the sidebar on desktop and in the top bar on mobile. A red badge shows how many unread notifications you have.

What you see What it means
🔔 (no badge) No unread notifications
🔔 2 2 unread notifications
🔔 9+ 10 or more unread notifications

The badge count updates automatically every 30 seconds — you don't need to refresh the page.

Opening the notification drawer

Select the bell icon to open a slide-out panel showing your most recent notifications (up to 10).

  • On desktop and tablet, the panel slides in from the right.
  • On mobile, the panel slides up from the bottom of the screen.

Select anywhere outside the panel, or the × button in the top-right corner, to close it.

What notifications look like

Schedule conflict ⚠️

"Physics Revision" overlaps with "Family Dinner" Thu 15 May · 09:00–10:30 → View in Calendar

Award granted 🏆

You received "7-Day Streak" from Sarah (Parent) → View on Awards page

Conflict notifications

A conflict notification appears when one of your study items (a study block, practice session, or test/exam) overlaps with a family calendar event at the same time.

Select → View in Calendar to jump directly to the calendar on the date of the conflict. From there you can reschedule your study block or practice session to resolve the overlap.

Note: Tests and exams are read-only on the calendar. If a test or exam conflicts with a family event, speak to your parent or supervisor about adjusting the family calendar instead.

Viewing all notifications

Select View all notifications → at the bottom of the drawer to open the full notifications page at /notifications. You can also reach it by selecting Notifications in the sidebar.

The full page shows your complete notification history with two filter tabs:

Tab What it shows
All Every notification, read and unread
Unread Only notifications you haven't read yet

Marking notifications as read

Mark a single notification as read

Select the ✓ button on the right side of any unread notification row. The row updates immediately — the blue dot disappears and the text becomes muted.

Mark all as read

Select Mark all as read in the top-right corner of the page, or in the notification drawer header. All unread notifications are marked read at once, and the red badge disappears from the bell icon.

When all notifications are read and you switch to the Unread tab, you'll see:

✓ You're all caught up! No unread notifications.

Types of notifications

Type What triggers it Icon
Schedule conflict Your study block, practice session, or test/exam overlaps with a family calendar event ⚠️
Award granted A parent or teacher grants you an award 🏆

Tips

  • Conflict alerts need your attention. A conflict means two things are scheduled at the same time. Resolve it by moving your study block to a free slot.
  • You don't need to refresh. The badge count updates automatically — new notifications appear within about 30 seconds.
  • Read notifications aren't deleted. You can always scroll back through the full list on the notifications page to review past alerts.