Richer Course and Content Design

Improvements to Messages recipient types by course role - 3900.56

Blackboard Learn SaaS
Ultra Experience
Ultra Course View
Impact: Instructors, Students

In the past an “all course members” recipient type appeared for all course users. Students could send messages to all course users, on accident or on purpose.

Now students can only send messages to:

  • all instructors
  • selected course members

Instructors can send messages to:

  • all course members
  • all instructors
  • all students
  • selected course members

Image 1. Instructors can send messages to all course members, all instructors, all students, or selected users

Instructors can send messages to all course members, all instructors, all students, or selected users

Image 2. Students can send to all instructors or selected users

Students can send to all instructors or selected users

Image 3. Selected recipients appear to the author of a Message

Selected recipients appear to the author of a Message

For administrators:This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed. 

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