Set Up Notifications

On your Activity page’s Notification Settings panel, you can choose which notifications you receive about activity in your courses.

Stream: Choose which activities appear on your stream.
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.
Push notifications: If you want to receive push notifications, choose how often and which activities you want to receive notifications for. Messages pop up on your mobile device if you have Blackboard App installed.

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

Activity page for an instructor. The Activity menu option is highlighted in Base Navigation. The Activity page shows two Courses and an announcement about Fall registration.

Stream notifications

You control what activity appears in your stream. Select the Stream Notification Settings tab.

Notifications for due dates and items ready to grade always appear in your stream.

For all other activity, choose which notifications you receive. Options include new content, student alerts, discussions, and calendar events, among others. Select all, some, or none. To stop receiving notifications for an activity type, clear its checkbox.

Email notifications

Select the Email Notification Settings tab.

If you haven't added an email address to your Profile page, you won't see any options in the Email Notification Settings tab.

Note

Organization activities won’t trigger email notifications.

Choose how often you want to receive emails for activities in all your courses:

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 at a time set by your institution.

For each frequency, select which activity types trigger notifications. Options include discussions, gradable items, messages, content, due dates, and new course availability. To stop receiving emails for an activity type, clear its checkbox.

Restored courses

When one of your course packages is restored, you'll receive an email that details the number of new items. Select the link to go to your course.

SMS notifications

SMS notifications are available if your institution used Connect SMS Service before August 3, 2023. If this is the case, SMS notifications continue to be offered and existing SMS notification settings remain in place.

Push notifications

Push notifications are sent to a mobile device where you have Blackboard App installed. You can manage which push notifications are sent to your mobile device in these ways:

Blackboard LMS on the web: Log in to Blackboard LMS on a web browser and navigate to your Activity page. Select the Settings icon. From the Notification Settings panel, select the Push Notification Settings tab.
Blackboard App: In the app's main menu, select Settings. Manage your push notification settings based on your device.

Select which activity types send push notifications. Options include new content, discussions, and discussion responses. To stop receiving push notifications for an activity type, clear its checkbox.