# Alerts - add / edit / delete

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## Alerts - add / edit / delete

### What it Does

#### Course Settings

Allows user to configure alerts in Course Settings.

### Additional Considerations

#### Account Settings

This is an account setting that must be enabled by a Customer Success Manager. Alerts are a seldom-used feature designed to send an alert to students, teachers or admins for specific triggers (e.g., no student-teacher interaction for 7 days). They are checked every day, and notifications will be sent to the student and/or the teacher until the triggering problem is resolved.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


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