Blackboard Ultra users can choose the types of notifications they receive and customize the way the notifications are delivered. 

Choose How and When you get notifications 

1. Log into Blackboard Ultra through the MySHU Portal with your sacred heart username and password. 
2. Click on your user profile, which can be found directly underneath the institution page tab. 
3. On the right side of Blackboard where the System Settings are, the Global Notification Settings can be managed in three separate ways, which are classified as:  
   1. Stream notifications Choose which activities appear on your stream page
   2. Email notifications: Choose how often and which activities you want to receive notifications for 
   3. Push notifications: Messages pop up on your mobile device if you have the Blackboard app for students installed. You can select which notifications are sent to your device 

Stream Notifications 

Choose which notifications you receive about activity in all your Ultra courses.

• Institution announcements 
• Course announcements 
• Graded items due 
• New content 
• Grades posted 
• New discussion 
• My grades and activity 
• New calendar event 

Email Notifications 

Choose how often you want to receive emails for all activities in your Ultra Courses. Clear all the check boxes if you don't want to recieve emails about the activities in the list.  

1. Email me right away: Receive individual notifications for each activity you choose from the list 
2. Email me once a day: All notifications are collected and sent once a day at a time set by your institution 

In the Notify me by email about these activities list, choose which notifications you want to receive. 

• New gradable items 
• New messages 
• New discussion messages 
• New content added 
• New and upcoming due dates 
• Past due items 
• New Courses available 

Push Notifications 

If you have the Blackboard mobile app installed, you can receive push notifications on your mobile device. Choose which push notifications you want to receive for activity in all your ultra courses. 

• New Content
• Discussion post and replies by your instructor 
• Discussion replies in a thread you are authored 

Due date push notifications always appear one day before the due date and can't be turned off like other push notification types. When an instructor changes a due date, a new Test Due push notification is generated. The push notification doesn't state that it's a changed due date.