Blackboard Ultra (Students) - Discussions: Subscribe to a Discussion Topic

Subscribing to a Discussion Topic

Subscribing to a discussion topic allows you to receive email notifications whenever a new post is added to the discussion. This can be helpful for staying up-to-date on important conversations and announcements.

Steps to Subscribe

1. Navigate to the course in Blackboard Ultra.
2. Locate and click on the discussion board you wish to subscribe to, either in the Content or Discussion tabs.
3. Click on the specific discussion you want to subscribe to.
4. In the upper-right of the discussion topic, click the Follow icon (it looks like a bell).
5. A message will appear confirming that you have subscribed to the forum.
   
   
   
   

Unsubscribing from a Discussion Forum

To unsubscribe from a forum, follow the same steps as above. The Follow icon will now display as Unfollow. Click the Unfollow icon to stop receiving email notifications.

Notification Settings

You can manage your Blackboard notification settings to control how and when you receive notifications for discussion board activity. To access your notification settings:

1. After following a discussion topic, click on the notification settings hyperlink in the blue bar. 
   
   
   
   
2. Click on Stream Notification (represented by a globe icon) to configure which notifications appear in your activity stream in Blackboard. 
3. Click on Email Notifications (represented by an envelope icon) to select which items to receive emails. 
   
   

   

4. Adjust your notification preferences for discussions. 
5. Click Save.

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