How do I use Announcements in Blackboard?
Announcements are an ideal way to post time-sensitive information critical to course success. Add announcements for these types of course activities:
Due dates for assignments and projects
Changes to your syllabus
Corrections/clarifications of materials
Exam schedules
Add a tool link to the course menu, or within a content area, to quickly access this tool.
Instructions
On the Announcements page, click Create Announcement.
Type a Subject, which appears as the title of the announcement on the Announcements page.
Type your message.
In the Web Announcements Options section, you can choose to restrict the announcement by date:
If you choose Not Date Restricted, the announcement is visible until you remove it.
If you choose Date Restricted, select the Display After and Display Until check boxes to enable the date and time selections. Provide the date and time restriction settings. To display an announcement from a date forward, select the Display After check box and provide a date and time, but don't select the Display Until check box.
Select the Email Announcement check box to send an email with the announcement to all course members, which includes students, instructors, and teaching assistants.
Click Submit.
By checking the Email Announcement option, the announcement will also go to students' Crimson email address.