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Updating Your Notification Settings

Summary

You can adjust the type and frequency of email notifications you receive from Learn Ultra, as well as those that appear in your Activity Stream.

Video Steps

Watch this section of our brief video Blackboard Learn - Navigation

Text Steps

  1. On the VLE homepage, click on your name in the left hand navigation panel
    Annotated screenshot of the VLE homepage, highlighting the profile section

    Two annotated screenshots of the VLE homepage in a narrower browser, highlighting the menu icon and profile section
  2. Select any of the three options under Global Notification Settings
    Annotated screenshot of the profile section in the VLE, highlighting the three options under Global Notification Settings

    Annotated screenshot of the profile section in the VLE in a narrower browser window
  3. You can also access your notification settings in the Activity Stream by clicking the cog icon in the top right
    Annotated screenshot highlighting the cog icon in the Activity Stream panel of the VLE

    Annotated screenshots highlighting the menu icon, the Activity Stream in the menu, and the cog icon in the Activity Stream
  4. In the Notification Settings pane that appears, select which events you want to receive notifications about.
    1. Stream Notifications: in this tab you can configure the notifications that appear in your Activity Stream. You can enable/disable entire categories of notifications (e.g. Journal Activity). You can also enable/disable specific types of notifications within categories (e.g. Journal entry posted) by clicking the down arrow icon next to the category.
    2. Email Notifications: in this tab you can configure which activities you will receive email notifications about, as well as how often to receive these email notifications.
    3. Push Notifications: in this tab you can configure whihc events will trigger notifications on your phone, if you have the Blackboard App installed and set up.
  5. When you have finished editing your notification settings, be sure to click Save to save your changes.

Further Details

As well as the guidance on this page, you can reduce the amount of emails you're receiving by adding filters to your University (Gmail) inbox - Learn more about Gmail Filters.