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Blackboard Ultra: Student Orientation: Notifications

 

Blackboard Ultra Orientation

Notification Settings

Types of Notifications Available

  • Activity stream
  • Email
  • Push notifications

How to Access Notification Settings

  1. Select the Activity page.
  2. Click on the Settings icon (gear) in the upper right corner.

To open Notification Settings click on the gear in the upper right corner of the Activity page.

Stream Notifications

Notifications for due dates, grades, and feedback always appear.

Available notifications

  • Institution announcements
  • Course announcements
  • Graded items due: Graded item due soon, Graded item past due
  • New content: Assessment added, Content added
  • Grades posted
  • New discussion
  • My grades and activity: No recent activity, Grade low or at risk, Grade dropped, Low course activity, Grade increased, Course activity in top 10%, Grade in top 10%
  • New calendar event
  • New course or organization
  • Blog activity: Blog entry posted, Blog entry edited
  • Journal activity: Journal entry posted, Journal entry edited
  • Wiki activity: Wiki page created, Wiki page edited, Wiki page posted

Email Notifications

This option is not available unless you have added an email address to your profile page.

You can select whether you receive emails for all your courses right away or once a day.

Available notifications

  • New gradable items
  • New messages
  • New discussion messages
  • New content added
  • New and upcoming due dates
  • Past due items
  • New courses available

Push Notifications

Notifications for due dates always appear in the app.

Due dates always appear one day before the due date and cannot be turned off.

Available notifications

  • New content
  • Discussion posts and replies by your instructor
  • Discussion replies in a thread you authored
  • New grades and feedback
  • Due dates for these content types only: Tests, Assignments, Discussions, Manual grade columns
  • Additional due date reminders

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