{"id":12128,"date":"2023-05-23T17:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/faculty\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=12128"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:42:01","slug":"blackboard-ultra-base-navigation-messages","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/article\/blackboard-ultra-base-navigation-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation: Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Messages are not new, but Ultra Base Navigation provides a more efficient way to <strong>manage messages across all your courses<\/strong> if you use them. Users access their global\u00a0Messages pages from the list where their names appear first\u2014the base navigation. Messages are organized by course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/11\/ultra_messages_global_access.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/03\/ultra_messages_global_access-1024x792.png?resize=580%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of messages in Blackboard Ultra Navigation\" width=\"580\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone can use messages for reminders, quick questions, and social interactions.\u00a0 Although similar to email, you must be logged into a course to read and send course messages. However, if you prefer the email tool rather than messages, you may continue to access the Send Email tool from within courses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Administrator\/SaaS\/User_Interface_Options\/Ultra_Experience\/Base_Navigation\/Messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Messages <\/a>in Ultra Base Navigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contact-support\">Contact Support<\/h2>\n<p>This article was created and is maintained by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/tled-offices\/office-of-academic-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Academic Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have found an error in this article or if you need assistance incorporating this article in your course, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acchelp.austincc.edu\/TDClient\/277\/Portal\/Requests\/ServiceCatalog?CategoryID=1377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educational Technology Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Messages are not new, but Ultra Base Navigation provides a more efficient way to manage messages across all your courses if you use them. Users access their global\u00a0Messages pages from the list where their names appear first\u2014the base navigation. Messages are organized by course. Everyone can use messages for reminders, quick questions, and social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[425],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-12128","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-base-navigation-blackboard-ultra"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=12128"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/nexus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=12128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}