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Blackboard Ultra: View Student Activity Details for Assessments

To view student activity details for assessments in Blackboard Ultra, follow these steps:

  1. Go to your Course in Blackboard Ultra.
  2. In the Course Content area, locate the assessment (e.g., test, assignment, etc.) you want to review.
  3. Click the three-dot menu (More Options) next to the assessment title.
  4. Select “Student Activity” from the dropdown menu.

What You’ll See in Student Activity

  • Submission times (when students opened, started, and submitted the assessment)
  • Time spent on the assessment
  • Number of attempts (if multiple are allowed)
  • Grade status (e.g., graded, not submitted, in progress)
  • Activity timeline showing student interactions over time

This feature will help instructors track engagement, identify potential at-risk students, and verify participation for any academic support needs.

Here is a short video tutorial that reviews these steps:


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Blackboard Ultra: Send Reminders To Students In The Gradebook

How To Send Reminders To Students In The Gradebook

In Blackboard Ultra, you can send reminders to students or groups who haven’t submitted an assignment yet. The item must be visible to students and have no release conditions.

1. Click on Gradebook in the menu bar


2. From the Gradable Items view, click on the 3 dots or more options menu for the item, and then select Send Reminder.

Blackboard will automatically detect students who haven’t submitted the item yet. A confirmation pop-up will show how many students will receive the reminder.

Screenshot photo of Send Reminder pop up window

3. From the Grades view, select a gradable item at the top of the grid to open its menu. Then select Send Reminder. 

⚠️ Notes:
You can only send reminders for assignments, tests, or graded items.
Reminders also can’t be sent for manually created columns. If messages are turned off for the course, reminders are sent as email.

Reminders are sent to the student or group as a blind carbon copy (BCC) course message. Instructors receive a copy of the message too.

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Personal Meeting Room in Zoom

Your Personal Meeting Room is a permanent, virtual meeting room that you may access with your Personal Meeting ID or personal link. So instead of having to schedule meetings individually every time a student wants to meet, this is a great alternative!

Here are the steps:

ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL MEETING ROOM

  1. Go to the Zoom website at
  2. Click “Sign In” and log on with your ACC username and password.
  3. First, ensure that the “Meetings” button is selected on the left-hand side. Then, at the top menu, select “Personal Meeting Room”. Here, you will see all of the information and some of the settings associated with your Personal Meeting Room.Image showing location of "Meetings" button in left hand menu and location of "Personal Meeting Room" in top center menu.

4. Toward the middle of the page, you can see your personal “Meeting ID” and “Join URL” associated with your personal meeting room. To give your students access to your room, share your URL link.

Image showing personal “Meeting ID” and “Join URL” associated with your personal meeting room.

SETTING A PASSWORD FOR YOUR PERSONAL MEETING ROOM

  1. Go to the Zoom website at http://austincc.zoom.us
  2. Click “Sign In” and log on with your WaveNet username and password.
  3. To set a password for your Personal Meeting Room, first, click “Meeting” on the top menu.
  4. Next, select “Settings” on the sidebar listed on the left.
Image showing where to select “Settings” on the sidebar listed on the left.

5. Scroll down until you see a setting titled “Require a password for Personal Meeting ID (PMI)” and select the button to switch it “on”. To verify, make sure that the color has switched from gray to blue.

Image showing a setting titled “Require a password for Personal Meeting ID (PMI)” and select the button to switch it “on”.

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