Merge pull request #2293 from openedx/sundas/INF-1604

docs: updated notification doc for course author and open edx student

en_us/course_authors/source/managing_notifications/index.rst

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-.. _Managing Notification Index:
-
-Managing Notifications
-######################
-
-Use the topics in this section to learn about managing notifications.
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-
-   managing_notifications
+.. include:: ../../../shared/managing_notifications/index.rst

en_us/open_edx_students/source/sfd_notifications/index.rst

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-.. _SFD Notification Index:
-
-Managing Notifications
-######################
-
-Use the topics in this section to learn about managing notifications.
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-
-   managing_notifications
+.. include:: ../../../shared/managing_notifications/index.rst

en_us/shared/managing_notifications/index.rst

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+###########################
+Notifications & Preferences
+###########################
+
+Notifications help you stay updated on important activity in your courses. 
+You can receive notifications via the notification tray in real time, or through 
+email summaries delivered periodically.
+
+.. _Notification Tray:
+
+Notification Tray
+#################
+
+You can access the notification tray by clicking the bell icon at the top right of your 
+screen. Notifications are sorted into tabs by course activities, such as “Discussions”,
+“Grading”, “Updates” etc. Clicking a notification will open the relevant content in a 
+new tab. Notifications older than three months will be automatically removed to minimize
+clutter in your tray.
+
+
+.. image:: ../../../shared/students/Images/bell_and_tray.png
+  :width: 700
+  :height: 300
+  :align: center
+  :alt: Bell icon at the top right corner opens the notification tray.
+
+.. _Email Summaries:
+
+Email Summaries
+###############
+
+By default, you will receive a daily email summarizing notifications from 
+the past 24 hours. You can adjust the email frequency to daily or weekly 
+for each activity type in your notification preferences.
+
+You will receive a daily email summary at 10 PM UTC and a weekly email 
+summary every Saturday at 10 PM UTC (if selected in preferences). 
+
+.. _Customizing Notification Preferences:
+
+Customizing Notification Preferences
+####################################
+
+You can manage your notification preferences for each course and activity type. 
+To access these settings:
+
+#. Click the gear icon in the notification tray.
+
+#. Alternatively, go to “Account Settings” and select “Notification Preferences.”
+
+.. image:: ../../../shared/students/Images/gear_icon.png
+  :width: 550
+  :height: 250
+  :align: center
+  :alt: Click on gear icon on top of notification tray to navigate to preferences center.
+
+Notification Types
+##################
+
+Discussions Notifications
+*************************
+
+For discussion-related notifications, you can manage the following settings:
+
+#. **Activity Notifications:** Notifications for new responses or comments on your posts, posts you're 
+   following, and when a moderator endorses your response or a response on your post.
+
+#. **New Discussion Posts:** Notification for when a new discussion post is created.
+
+#. **New Question Posts:** Notification for when a new question post is created.
+
+#. **Reported Content:** Notification for when content is reported. This is only visible to users with 
+   a moderator role.
+
+Course Updates
+**************
+
+#. **Course Updates:** Notification for when the instructor creates a new course update.
+
+Grading
+*******
+
+#. **ORA Grade Received:** Notification for when your Open Response Assessment (ORA) 
+   submission receives the final grade.
+
+#. **ORA New Submissions:** Notification for when a new Open Response Assessment submission
+   has been made that requires instructor grading. This is only visible to users with admin 
+   and staff roles. 
+
+Default Preferences
+###################
+
+The table below summarizes the default settings for both tray and email notifications:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 25 25 25
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Preference
+     - Default Tray Preference
+     - Default Email Preference
+   * - Activity Notifications
+     - ON
+     - ON / Daily
+   * - New Discussion Posts
+     - OFF
+     - OFF
+   * - New Question Posts
+     - OFF
+     - OFF
+   * - Reported Content
+     - ON
+     - ON / Daily
+   * - Course updates
+     - ON
+     - OFF
+   * - ORA grade received
+     - ON
+     - ON / Daily
+   * - ORA new submissions
+     - OFF
+     - OFF