Notifications are alerts from Blackboard that occur when certain events happen in your course, such as a student submitting and assignment or a test becoming available to students. Blackboard notifications can be personalized and forwarded to your UMass email account.
A full list of event which cause notifications can be found on Blackboard Learn's Notification Settings Page.
Information about Blackboard notifications from the student perspective can be found on the Notifications Student Orientation and Resource page.