Blackboard Ultra (All Users) - Communication from Blackboard

This article provides an overview what emailed communication sent by instructors inside of Blackboard looks like.

Announcements and Messages are received by students via email and Blackboard Notifications. Communication received via email cannot be responded to directly.

For a comparison of the differences between an email received message and an email received announcement, please see the images below. 

Announcements

Announcements received via email state the name of the sender.

screenshot of an email showing an announcement from Blackboard displaying the name of the sender

Messages

Messages received via email display the course name. 

screenshot of an email showing a message sent from Blackboard displaying the course name


Keywords:
Blackboard, Ultra, do not reply, messages, announcements, email, announcement, message, communication, donotreply 
Doc ID:
161573
Owned by:
Center I. in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Created:
2026-05-27
Updated:
2026-05-28
Sites:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville