Checking Messages for all your courses

1. From Ultra Base Navigation, select Messages.

2. Review your course list

   • Unread counts are displayed as a red number; on the Messages page, the badge becomes a purple dot until you navigate away.

   • Courses with unread appear first.

3. Start a message from Courses.

   • Select New Message next to a course

   • Search for coursemates

   • When ready, select Send

Your professor may also send email copies of course messages. 

New message alerts & unread notifications

1. New course messages appear on the global Messages page.

2. The unread counter

   • Shows as a purple dot while you’re viewing Messages,

   • Returns to a red number after you leave the page.

3. Sorting: Courses with unread messages stay at the top.

Checking your Messages inside a course

1. In a course, select Messages on the course navigation bar.

2. Scan the list

   • Unread items display a red circle next to the sender and appear first.

   • Each thread displays the sender's photo and indicates whether it is directed to an individual, a group, or the entire class.

3. Manage/view threads

   • Open any thread to read the entire conversation (messages are threaded).

   • Use View Previous Message / Next Message to move through threads.

   • Your own posts are labeled (You).