When to Use?
The up-to-the-minute Activity Stream lets you jump directly into course actions from the Ultra Base Navigation (UBN). You can see what's new in all your courses and jump directly into course activities from the list. You won’t need to dig through the system or miss submissions or upcoming deadlines as you see a prioritized list of what's relevant to you.
How to Navigate
Activity Stream items are grouped into four categories to make the list easier to scan:
- Important: Students see overdue assignments, tests, and graded discussions that need their immediate attention. The number of items in this section makes up the count shown by Activity Stream in the list where your name appears. If you dismiss an item in this section, you won't be able to view it again even if you sign out and sign in again. When you dismiss a stream item, the original content isn't affected. You just remove the notification from the activity stream.
- Upcoming: View your top five events that will happen in the next seven days. Select Show More for a complete list. This section doesn't appear if you don't have upcoming events
- Today: See everything happening and due in the next 24 hours, including institution-wide announcements about emergency notifications and updates. If you added course announcements, they appear here or in the Recent section for students.
- Recent: If you haven't checked in for a bit, view stream items that were previously in the Today section over the last seven days. Students always see reminders about overdue work in the Important section.
See also: Blackboard Help - Activity Stream
Notification Settings
The notification system is always on in the Ultra experience. You can choose which notifications you receive about activity in all your courses. The following activities appear on your Activity Stream:
- Institution announcements
- Course announcements
- New content
- New gradable items
- New courses available
- Grades need reconciliation
- Student performance alerts
- New discussion
- New calendar event
- New course or organization
- Journal Activity
To control which activity appears on your stream, select the Stream Notification Settings tab in the top-right to open the Notifications panel. You can choose to receive all or some notifications of a certain type. A check mark appears when you select all notifications. A dash appears when you select some notifications.
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