Activity Stream provides a centralized location for notifications like due dates, new grades and new content across all courses as well as institutional announcements. The stream will show activity by course, as well as a summary of all activity.
Viewing the Activity Stream
- Select Activity to see what's new across all courses.
- Activity by course will be shown on the left. Clicking on a course will show feedback for a specific course.
- The Activity Stream for all courses will appear in the right column. Filter to Show All, Assignments and Tests, or Grades and Feedback
The activity stream uses a responsive design. Depending on your screen size, resolution, and zoom level, the course activity notifications and activity stream may appear side by side or top to bottom.
Course Activity
Under each course thumbnail, notification icons will indicate new activity since the last visit:
- Grading activity: The Grading Activity icon will show the number of new submissions that require grading
- Messages: The Messages activity icon shows new messages received
- Performance alerts: The Performance Alerts flag shows the number of students who have been flagged with performance alerts.
Activity Stream Categories
Activity stream items are grouped into categories to make the list easier to scan:
Today: See everything happening and due in the next 24 hours, including institution-wide announcements about emergency notifications and updates. If an instructor added a course announcements, they appear here or in the Recent section for students.
Recent: Activity from previous dates.
Upcoming: The Upcoming category shows upcoming due dates and events.
Notification Settings
At the top right the gear icon provides access to update notification settings for Stream, Email, and Push.
Stream Notifications
Student Alerts
1. Performance alerts allows instructors to assess student performance with a collection of Blackboard tools.
2. Hit the Save button after making any changes.
Discussion Activity
Discussion activity allows users to filter activity related to course discussion boards.
My Grades and Activity
New notifications for grading will appear in instructors Activity Stream.
New Calendar Event
Activity Stream will keep instructors up to date with new Calendar of Important and Upcoming events.
Blog Activity
Blog notifications will let instructors know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.
Journal Activity
Journal notifications will let instructors know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.
Wiki Activity
Wiki notifications will let instructors know when there is a new entry posted, edited, and a comment was posted.
Email Notifications
Instructors can choose how often and which activities receive notifications for.
- Email me right away: Receive individual notifications for each activity you choose from the list.
- Email me once a day: All notifications are collected and sent once a day.
- Hit the Save button after making any changes.
Push Notifications
If users have the Blackboard App installed on their mobile device, users can enable push notifications and receive notifications on their device.
- Click on the bell icon in the Notifications Settings to access push notifications. Notifications can be enabled for the following:
- New content and discussions
- New discussion responses
- New grades and feedback
- New and upcoming due dates.
- When finished, click the Save button to update settings.