Creating an Announcement

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To create an announcement in Blackboard you need to login and open the course where you need an announcement.  Once you are in the course click on control panel.

In control Panels locate the Course Tools box and click on the Announcements link.

In the Announcement screen, click on the Add Announcement button.

Announcements are made of two parts the Subject and Message.  Fill in the appropriate information to be displayed to students.

In the second part you can select a couple of options.  The first is "Always show this announcement".  If you select "Yes" the announcement will always show every time a student enters the course.  This should be reserved for critical announcements that need to be presented through the semester.  If all announcements are permanent student may have to scroll to see the most current announcement or ignore them entirely.

If you post an announcement about something specific in your course you can also provide a course link to item in your course.  Click on the Browse button to open your course map.

In the course map, select the item you want to link and click on Submit.

Once you are finished, click on submit to complete the process.

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