• Blackboard: Adaptive Release, Assessment and Notifications

    This article attempts to clarify how Adaptive Release works for Blackboard and Turnitin submission points, and how it affects notifications in the Ultra Base Navigation. Where are due dates displayed in the Base Navigation? Blackboard assignments and tests produce notifications in a student’s Activity Stream when the due date is…

  • Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation: Marks

    Marks In Ultra Based Navigation (UBN) some of the functions which were accessible via the Global Navigation bar are now placed more prominently in the base navigation menu. Marks is a link for students to their My Marks page and for Staff to the Grades Centre. Finding your course on…

  • Blackboard: Introduction to the Ultra Base Navigation

    What is the Ultra Base Navigation? The Base Navigation is the name for the navigation within Blackboard. It provides a more modern, responsive and interactive interface, enabling users to get updates from their courses, and to easily access courses and organisations. With the Ultra Base Navigation there are no longer…

  • Blackboard: Notifications

    This article relates to the Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation which will be enabled in the evening of Monday 9th August 2021. Personalise your notification settings You can control the notifications you receive from Blackboard, whether in the Activity Stream inside Blackboard, via email, or via the mobile app. We strongly…

  • Blackboard Learn: The Calendar

    The introduction of the Ultra Base Navigation or Ultra courses does not bring any major change of functionality to the Blackboard Calendar, but it is much more prominent than previously. As an Instructor, you can create Calendar events for your course, which will then display to your students. Most course…