Notifications Admin MVP

[ali-hugo]

Type of Request

Product Proposal (larger features)

Feature Description

TL;DR: Introduce an MVP notifications admin that lets Open edX platform representatives publish announcements from WordPress to all Open edX instances, where Admins see them in Studio and can optionally tailor and forward them to Instructors. The solution builds on the Release Notes infrastructure and is accessed via the Studio footer, with potential to expand to learners later.

Link to Product Proposal

https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OEPM/pages/5318770699/Proposal+Notifications+Admin+MVP

Status

New

Proposed By

OpenCraft

[github-actions]

Thanks for your submission, @openedx/openedx-product-managers will review shortly.

[ali-hugo]

PROPOSAL ABANDONED:

Because the Release Notes proposal did not pass community review, and this proposal depended heavily on it, we will not move forward with the Notifications Admin proposal in its current form.

Instead, we will explore alternative approaches that address the same core need while building on existing platform capabilities:

• Add announcements into Discussions: Add an “Announcement” or “Release Notes” post type within the existing Discussions experience, restricted to educators/admins (idea source).
• Use a shared “Course Authoring” course: Automatically enroll all authors in a single instance-wide course and use the existing “Announcements” (Course Updates) feature there to publish updates (idea source).
• Leverage forums instead of building new UI: Use forums, either within the shared “Course Authoring” course or in a new system-wide Studio/LMS area, to enable updates with built-in features like likes, comments, and replies (idea source).