Notifications and Messages in MyDMU

MyDMU uses two channels to reach you: push notifications on your phone, and messages that live inside the app and portal. Knowing the difference helps you avoid missing something important without being overwhelmed.

Push notifications

These are short alerts that appear on your lock screen. MyDMU sends them for:

• Timetable changes such as a new room or a cancelled session.
• Important university-wide announcements.
• Reminders for events you have marked as interested.

Control them from the app settings screen. You can keep timetable alerts on while switching off event reminders, which is a sensible default for most people.

In-app messages and announcements

The messages area holds announcements from the university, your faculty and student services. They stay in the app until you archive them, so nothing is lost if you swipe a notification away. Unread messages show a badge on the app icon.

If notifications are not arriving

1. Check the app has notification permission in your phone settings.
2. On Android, make sure battery optimisation is not restricting the app in the background.
3. On iPhone, confirm Focus modes are not silencing the app.
4. Open the app once so it can refresh its registration with the notification service.

Notification history

Android keeps a notification log you can open from system settings. On iPhone, swipe down from the top of the lock screen to see recent alerts. The in-app messages area is the most reliable record because it does not depend on the phone keeping a copy.

Quiet hours

MyDMU itself does not have a quiet-hours setting, but both Android and iOS let you schedule do-not-disturb windows. Timetable changes are rarely sent overnight, so a simple 11pm to 7am schedule works well.