Managing your Notification Settings as a Student Login to Brightspace, then click your name in the upper righthand corner. Select Notifications Brightspace provides 2 contact methods: email and phone. By default, your CUNYfirst login name will show, but your CUNYfirst preferred email address will be used for all email notifications. To have notifications sent to your phone, click Register my mobile and follow the prompts. Select your preferred method of notification (Email or SMS) for each listed action in a course. Set any Custom Notifications and choose any courses to exclude from your notification settings. We recommend that you check "Allow future courses to send me notifications." Click Save.