Yes - the news forum that appears by default in each course. If the teacher posts there once they have added something new then the student will get an email
Lesson
Inform students on new activity
གྲོས་བསྟུན་འདི་བསྡམས་ཡོདཔ་ལས་ ལན་གསལ་བརྐྱབ་མི་ཚུགས་