Prerequisite MailHog or similar tool to capture emails coming out from Moodle Test As admin, create a new course Enrol a teacher user (t1) and three students (s1), (s2) and (s3) Ensurre that in the User profile -> Notification preferences for both s1 and s2, the "Course content changes" notification type is enabled for both online and offline in the "Email" column Ensure that s3 has those preferences disabled Log in as a teacher in the course Turn editing on and add a new page in the course, when creating the page ensure that you select/tick off the " Notify users about this new Resource " option Save changes Now, via the system console/terminal run the site Cron: php admin/cli/cron.php Confirm that: You recive only two emails to s1 and s2 in mailhog There is not email for s3 The message indicates that there is a new resource in the course, and includes a link to it that opens the new page Go back to the course as teacher and edit the page settings This time ensure that the " Notify users this Resource has changed " option is not selected Save changes Run the CRON command again Confirm that: You don't receive any email Go back to the course as teacher and edit the page settings This time ensure that the " Notify users this Resource has changed " option is selected Save changes Run the CRON command again Confirm that: You recive only two emails to s1 and s2 in mailhog There is not email for s3 The message indicates that the resource has been updated, and includes a link to it that opens the new page Now, edit again the page settings In "common module settings" set Availability to "Hide from students" Save Changes Open again the setting for the page Ensure that the " Notify users this Resource has changed " option is selected Save changes Run the CRON command again Confirm that: You don't receive any email