Notifications Icon

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Designer	@ designer
Tech lead	@ lead
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QA

🎯 Objective

To keep users informed about new (unseen) notifications.

\uD83D\uDCCA Success metrics

Goal

Metric

The icon shall present the number of unread notifications.

Each time a notification is received, the number shall rise in 1.

Each time a notification is read, the number shall decrease in 1.

If the user marks all notifications as read, the number shall disappear.

\uD83E\uDD14 Assumptions

For teachers, there will be notifications whenever assignments are submitted, a requested report is generated, or there is a response in the forum for him/her.
For students, there will be notifications whenever an assignment is scored, or there is a response in the forum for him/her.

\uD83D\uDDD2 Requirements

Requirement	Importance	Notes
The number next to the Notifications Icon appears when there are new notifications or unread notifications, and it disappears when there are no notifications at all.	NORMAL

\uD83C\uDFA8 User interaction and design

On mouse-over, the icon shall change to the “selected” state (shown above in white).

On click/tap, the icon shall change to the “selected” state (shown above in white) and present the Notifications pane. This will show the las 5 notifications received, allowing the user to view each notification by clicking on it, without opening the Notifications page.

If the “Mark all as read” label is clicked/tapped, the pane is to mark all notifications as read (all, not only the ones seen in it).

On click/tap of the “View all notifications” button, the system shall open the Notifications page.

Open Questions

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