Communities still exist in Ultra-Based Navigation. They are now called Organizations and can be found on the Organizations Page in the navigation menu of Blackboard.  

The new Grades page enables instructors to see at-a-glance grade information across all courses. This enables you to see: The average grade for your courses. Courses with gradable items. The number of submissions for assignments and tests. Items that need grading. Assignments with missed submissions. You can find the Grades page by clicking the Grades […]

The Activity Stream captures up-to-the-minute activity across all of your courses. This gives Instructors the ability to access important events from one page rather than navigating course to course. Examples of curated events: Content you added to your courses, such as assignments and tests New blogs, journal entries, or wiki pages students added Student-submitted items that […]

The new Blackboard Assist page provides students with a central location to access campus and online resources. From this page, students can navigate to various services offered by UAMS. Students and Faculty can access Blackboard Assist from the front page of Blackboard. Simply click Assist on the navigation menu.

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