What Are Notifications?

On your activity stream's Notification Settings panel, you can choose which notifications you receive about activity in all your Original and Ultra courses:

• Activity stream: Choose which activities appear on your Stream page.
• Email: If you want to receive email notifications, add an email address to your profile page. Then, choose how often and which activities you want to receive notifications for.
• SMS: If you want to receive SMS text messages on your mobile phone, add a phone number to your profile page. Then, choose how often and which activities you want to receive notifications for.
• Push notifications: Messages pop up on your mobile device if you have the Blackboard app for students installed. You can select which notifications are sent to your device.

Choose how and when you get notifications

You can choose the types of notifications you receive and how they're delivered to you.

On your Activity Stream page, select the Stream Settings icon to open the Notification Settings panel. You can also access these settings from your profile page. 

Stream notifications

You can control which activity appears in your stream. Select the Stream Notification Settings tab to open the panel.

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You can choose to receive all or some notifications of a certain type. A checkmark appears when you select all notifications. A dash appears when you select some notifications.

Email notifications

Select the Email Notification Settings tab to open the panel.

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

Push notifications

If you have the Blackboard mobile app installed, you can receive push notifications on your mobile device. You can manage which push notifications are sent in these ways:

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When an instructor changes a due date, a new Test Due push notification is generated. The push notification doesn't state that it's a changed due date.

Sources and Relevant Links

Sending Notifications

OCV - Edit Notification Settings