Ways to Connect in Blackboard Ultra
Blackboard has multiple ways that students can connect with classmates and instructors. Interacting with others can help users be successful online students.
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Messages
Blackboard has an internal message system that allows users to connect with instructors, classmates, and group members. Learn how to locate the messages system, send a message, and more. *Note: Instructors have the ability to turn the messaging system on or off for each individual course. If you don't see message options for a course, contact the instructor to verify that they want it off for the course.
Discussions
Instructors may use discussions to promote collaboration, post questions, or to demonstrate student understanding. Discussions can be a graded item. Learn how to access a discussion, post responses, create discussions, and more.
Groups
Instructors can create groups for students to work together on assignments, discussions, and more. Learn how to access the groups page, enroll in a group, participate in group assignments and discussions, and more.
Journals
Personal space for your to communicate privately with your instructor and a self-reflective tool that can be a graded item. Learn how to access journals, add entries and comments, edit and delete entries and comments, and more.
Conversations
Instructors may enable class conversations (different from discussions) for content items for students to ask for help or share information. Learn how to access conversations, the types of content that conversations may be enabled, and more.
Organizations
Organizations behave like Blackboard courses but are ongoing sites that allow for users to connect with others. Organizations can be created for student organizations, academic advising, and more. Learn how to access organizations including how to self-enroll or request membership to an organization.