Announcements within Blackboard Learn serve as a vital channel for instructors to share time-sensitive information with their students. In the Ultra Course View, instructors can easily create and manage announcements.
Accessing and Searching for Announcements
Step 1
Navigate to your desired course and click Announcements, located on the course navigation menu.
Step 2
Here, you are able to see all announcements created for this course.
Step 3
Click on the title to read the announcement.
Step 4
To search for an announcement, click on the search icon.
Creating a New Announcement
Step 1
To create an announcement, click on the plus icon.
Step 2
Enter a title and a message. Recipients field will default to "all members".
Step 3
Click the Send an email copy to recipients if you want to send a copy of this announcement to students' email.
Step 4
Click the Schedule announcement field if you want to schedule announcements for your term.
Step 5
Set the time and date when you want the announcement to show or hide.
Step 6
Then, click Post to show to students or Save Draft if you wish to work on it later.
For additional instructions and best practices, you can refer to the Announcements section in the Blackboard Learn Help page or simply click here.