Activity page

The up-to-the-minute Activity page provides an overview of activity in all your Original and Ultra courses.

Your institution controls the page you visit first after you log in.

The Activity page, featuring institutional announcements along the top, current courses in the middle, and the activity stream on the right

Announcements

Institutional announcements are on the Activity page. You can navigate between announcements and select Read announcements to read the entire text of an announcement.

An institutional announcement, with options to move to other announcements and a Read announcement button on the right

Current courses

You can access your current, open courses from the Activity page. Courses have three kinds of numbered indicators. 

  • Items that need grading
  • Messages
  • Students with alerts 

Select the indicator to immediately access gradable items or read messages. Selecting the alert indicator brings you directly to the Course Activity report. Visit the Course Activity Report page to learn more about configuring student alerts. 

To access courses from previous terms, select View all courses.

The current courses section of the Activity page, showing 4 courses and the option to View all courses on the top right

Stream

The stream is a prioritized list of what's relevant to you. Use the stream to direct your attention to where your courses most need it. 

  • Follow latest posts on graded discussions as they happen. Posts on discussions that aren't graded aren’t on the stream.
  • Take note of how many submissions are ready to grade. You can also access new submissions from the stream.
  • Receive reminders about personal events and meetings.
  • Filter your stream. Use the Filter menu and choose Show All, Assignments and Tests, or Grades and Feedback. 
The activity stream, with four items under Recent indicating added material and student alerts

We combined many notification features to help you find the targeted information you need.

Activity categories

Activity items are grouped into four categories to make the list easier to scan.

Important: Students are alerted to overdue assignments, tests, and graded discussions that need their immediate attention. If you dismiss an item in this section, you won't be able to access it again even if you sign out and sign in again. When you dismiss a stream item, the original content isn't affected. You just remove the notification from the stream.

Upcoming: Access your top five events that will happen in the next seven days. Select Show More for a complete list. When you don’t have any upcoming events, this category isn’t on the stream.

Today: Access everything happening and due in the next 24 hours, including institution-wide announcements about emergency notifications and updates. If you added course announcements, they are here or in the Recent category for students.

Recent: If you haven't checked in for a bit, access activity items that were previously in the Today section over the last seven days. Students always receive reminders about overdue work in the Important section.

Notification Settings

On your Activity page, select the Settings button to open Notification Settings. You can also access notification settings from your profile page.

Notification settings on the Activity page

You can choose which notifications you receive about activity in all your Original and Ultra courses.

  • Stream notifications: Choose which notifications are in your stream.
  • Email: If you want to receive email notifications, add an email address to your profile page. Then, choose how often and which activities you want to receive email notifications for.
  • Push notifications: If you want to receive push notifications, choose how often and which activities you want to receive push notifications for. 

Visit our Notification Settings topic to learn more about how to set up your notifications.