Hello Bb Users,
Blackboard 9.1 comes with the Notification Dashboard. It is aimed at increasing communication and workflow efficiency within Blackboard. The Notifications Dashboard is divided into Student Notifications and Instructor Notifications.
The data presented within Notifications are aggregated from all courses and organizations for which an Instructor is teaching or a Student is participating.
The Dashboard is divided in four different modules where you will receive information about events occurring in your courses sites.
Here are the four modules and what information you should expect:
- What’s New: The Communication area displays the number of unread Discussion Board posts for each forum, the unread blog entries, and the unread journal entries. The Materials area displays any updated, submitted, or created content, tests, assignments, and surveys.
- Needs Attention: Only instructors will receive notifications. Any submitted item by a user for review. Categories of the possible notification types:
- Grade Tests: The tests and the corresponding users who have submitted the tests.
- Grade Assignments: The assignments and the corresponding users who have submitted the assignments.
- Grade Surveys: The surveys and the corresponding users who have submitted the surveys.
- Alerts: Only instructors will receive notifications. The Past Due area displays any assessment, assignment, or survey that has passed its due date with no submission by the student. The Early Warning System area displays any rule and the list of students who have violated that rule.
- To Do: Only Students will receive notifications. The What's Past Due area displays any assessment, assignment, or survey that has passed its due date with no submission by the student. The What's Due displays information about any assessment, assignment, or survey that contains a due date.
It is also possible to have the notifications sent to your preferred email address either in an individual email or a Daily Digest email (for information on this see our handout “Notifications Dashboard Settings”).
I have attached a series of handouts that will help you better understand the Notification Dashboard and how to use it.
Please feel free to contact us for any issues you might have. Our business hours are from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm; and our phone number is 305-284-3949; and you can email us at blackboardhelp@miami.edu.
Thank you,
Rick Ramos
Manager of your Blackboard Support team
