Center for Online Learning and Teaching Technology

The navigation menu will display the link to the Profile Page as your name. The Profile Page contains information about your account. Your full name, email, and ID Number are saved here. Global Notification Settings for your account can also be configured on this and the Activity Stream pages.

On the Activity Stream, you can see what's new in all your courses and jump directly into course activities from the list! You don't need to dig through the system or miss student submissions. You see a prioritized list of what's relevant to you, including updates to discussions, recent messages, and new student submissions to assessments.

For a student, the Activity Stream also highlights upcoming or past due dates, newly added content, and recently posted grades. You can also customize the notifications you receive in your Activity Stream and disable email notifications.

The My Courses page sorts your courses into a timeline so that you can focus on courses that are currently active. You can search for courses by name or filter the view. Courses you mark as a favorite will appear at the top of your course list, making it easy for you to access the courses you use most frequently. You can even make courses visible or hide them from students right from your Courses list.

Note: You can no longer reorder your course list; courses are listed in alphabetical order.

The My Organizations page lists all organizations or training sessions you are enrolled in. Organizations you mark as a favorite will appear at the top of your list, making it easy to access the organizations you use most frequently.

This is the global Calendar where you can find the due dates for the assessment items in all courses and any office hours and events that may have been populated into a course calendar. As the due date for these events approaches, you will see reminders in the Activity Stream reminding you of these.

On the Messages page, you can send messages to each other, multiple people, or an entire class. Message activity remains inside the system, and you don't have to worry about email addresses that may be incorrect or outdated. Students can use Courses Messages if the instructor enables this tool.

As an instructor, you can quickly message all students about important deadlines and schedule changes.

From the Grades page, students can see the grades for all assessment items of all courses. From here you can click on items and link through to the course assessment item for additional information. This differs from the My Grades section in a course, which only shows the grades for that course.

Blackboard Assist is a central hub for online and on-campus resources to drive student success. Your students can easily try out any listed services and subscribe to the services that best suit their needs.

The Tools page lists all tools available in the learning management system. You may access any tool or integration from this page, such as the Content Collection, Panopto, Zoom, etc.