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    • Blackboard Vocabulary
    • Uploading a Syllabus
    • Uploading Files
    • Using the Text Editor
    • Sending Email
    • View a Course’s Roster/Users
    • Creating Grade Center Columns
    • Entering Student Grades
    • Making a Course Available to Students
    • Select the Page Where Users Enter Your Course
  • Course Content and Files
    • Adding Content and Resources
      • Uploading a Syllabus
      • Uploading Files
      • Alternative Ways to Add or Upload Files
      • Adding Textbook Information
      • Adding URLs
      • Adding Photos, Slides and Videos
    • Preparing Files
    • Reusing, Copying, and Managing Course Content and Resources
      • Copying Course Content from One Course to Another
      • Copying Individual Files or Folders within Courses or from One Course to Another
      • Access Another Instructor’s Course Contents
      • Using Adaptive Release
      • Printing Items
    • Content Collection
      • The Content Collection
      • Content Collection: Home Directory
      • Content Collection: Directory Views
      • Content Collection: Overwrite an Existing File
      • Content Collection: File Permissions
      • Content Collection: Upload a Single File
      • Content Collection: Upload Package
      • Using Content Collection Resources in a Course
      • Content Collection: Move Files
      • Searching the Content Collection
    • Learning Modules
  • Users and Groups
    • Getting Started With Groups
    • Creating a Group
    • Creating Group Sets
    • Creating Self-Enroll Groups
    • Editing and Managing Groups
    • Adding Group Links to Content Areas
    • Enrolling Users
      • Course Roles
      • Enrolling an External User through IVIP
      • Enrolling a Guest
      • Enrolling a Student
      • Enrolling a Student who has Dropped Your Course
      • Enrolling TAs
      • Enrolling a Dropped Student as a TA
      • Enrolling Auditors
      • Removing a Co-Instructor
  • Grade Center
    • Getting Started
      • Creating Grade Center Columns
      • Entering Student Grades
      • How Students View Course Grades
      • Changing the Default Letter Grading Schema
      • Problem: Scroll Bar Missing from the Grade Center
      • Hiding Rows and Columns
      • Sorting Rows and Columns
    • Entering and Managing Grades
      • Entering Students Grades
      • Grading Assignments
      • Anonymous Grading
      • Viewing and Grading Tests
      • Grading Assignments
      • Assigning Grades for Discussion Board Forums
      • Assigning Grades For Discussion Threads
      • Grading a Wiki: Providing Summative Feedback on Student Wiki Contributions
      • Problem: Scroll Bar Missing from the Grade Center
    • Editing Your Grades in Microsoft Excel
      • Downloading Grades
      • Uploading Grades
    • Weighting and Modifying Grades
      • Dropping the Lowest Scores
      • Weighting Grades
      • Weighting Grades by Category
      • Modifying Grades: Clearing Attempts, Overriding Grades, and Exempting a Grade
    • Advanced Grade Center Management
      • Creating Text Columns
      • Organizing Columns
      • Creating Grade Center Categories
      • Creating Grading Periods
      • Creating Smart Views
      • Anonymous Grading
      • Color Code the Grade Center
      • Problem: Scroll Bar Missing from the Grade Center
  • Student Work
    • Creating Assignments
    • Downloading Assignments
    • Grading Assignments
    • Clean Out Graded Assignment Files
    • Turnitin (Discouraging Plagiarism)
      • Creating a Turnitin Assignment
      • Viewing Turnitin Originality Reports
      • Adding Comments, Highlights, and Striking Through Text to a Paper Without Downloading the Paper
      • Setting an Assignment to Allow Resubmissions
      • Allowing Submissions After the Assignment Due Date
      • Submitting a Paper for a Student
      • Removing Papers from an Assignment Inbox
      • Creating a Reflection Assignment
    • Assessments
      • Tests and Quizzes
        • Creating a Test
        • Getting Started with Building a Test
        • Creating Tests
        • Creating Mobile Tests
        • Deploying Tests
        • Viewing and Grading Tests
        • Tour the Question Finder Feature
        • Adding an Existing Question to a Test
      • Surveys
      • Question Pools
        • Creating and Importing Pools of Questions
        • Creating Tests Using Pools
  • Communicating
    • Creating and Managing Announcements
    • Sending Email
    • Disabling Student-to-Student Emails
    • Posting your Contact Information
    • Creating Calendar Entries
  • Social Writing Spaces
    • Discussion Board Forums and Threads
      • Creating a Discussion Forum
      • Managing Forums: Editing, Copying, Reordering, and Deleting
      • Searching Posts
      • Creating Discussion Board Threads
      • Tagging Threads
      • Modifying the Availability of Discussion Board Threads
      • Deleting Threads
      • Moderating Posts
      • Allowing Email Subscriptions in Discussion Forums
      • Assigning Discussion Forum Roles
      • Assigning Grades for Discussion Board Forums
      • Assigning Grades For Discussion Threads
    • Blogs
    • Journals
    • Wikis
    • Getting Started with Interactive Tools
  • Evaluation
    • Course Reports
    • Course Usage Reports
    • Early Warning System
      • Creating a Grade Rule
      • Creating a Last Access Rule
      • Creating a Due Date Rule
      • Checking Rule Status and Notifying Students
    • Performance Dashboard
  • Customizing Your Course
    • Making a Course Available to Students
    • Adding Course Structures
    • Blackboard Course Archiving
    • Troubleshooting Common Problems
      • Hiding and Unhiding the Course Menu
    • Managing Your Roster
      • View a Course’s Roster/Users
      • Combining Blackboard Course Rosters Using the Roster Merge Tool
      • Enrolling an External User through IVIP
      • Enrolling a Guest
      • Enrolling a Student
      • Enrolling a Student who has Dropped Your Course
      • Enrolling TAs
      • Enrolling a Dropped Student as a TA
      • Enrolling Auditors
      • Removing a Co-Instructor
    • Using Adaptive Release
    • Tracking Student Activity
    • Customizing Your Course
      • Customizing the Course Style
      • Editing Course Menu Links
      • Adding Tools to the Course Menu
      • Changing Tool Availability
      • Adding Content Areas to the Course Menu
      • Adding Modules to the Course Home Page
      • Reordering Course Home Modules
    • Customizing Your Blackboard Settings
      • Updating Faculty or Staff Personal Information in Blackboard 9
      • Editing Blackboard 9′s Nightly Notification Settings
    • Sending Notifications
  • Blackboard Mobile Learn (Beta)
    • Getting Started
    • About Blackboard Mobile Learn (Beta)
    • Feature Guide by Device
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Best Practices for Mobile–Friendly Courses
    • Faculty Guide to Mobile Tests
    • Creating Mobile Tests
  • Blackboard Organizations
    • Requesting a New Blackboard Organization
    • Enrolling Users
      • Manually Enrolling Users
      • Batch Enrolling Users
      • Changing a User’s Role
      • Enrolling an External User through IVIP

Home » Customizing Your Course » Customizing Your Blackboard Settings

Customizing Your Blackboard Settings

Updating Faculty or Staff Personal Information in Blackboard 9

Editing Blackboard 9′s Nightly Notification Settings

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