Course Announcements
- Sandy Mustico
- Sturdy Knight
- Leytisha Jack
Course Announcements
Announcements are internal notifications within Blackboard courses that display as a pop-up for all enrolled users the next time they log in; copies can also be sent to all users via email. Use announcements to share important, time-sensitive information.
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NEW!
Announcements are displayed as a pop-up immediately upon entry to a course. The new active course announcement will appear the first time students enter your course. Students must close the New Course Announcement window before they can view course content. The announcement pop-up window will appear for each new announcement you post.
NEW!
Announcements can no longer be set as the default course landing page — the content page will always be the default course landing.
Add an Announcement
On the top navigation menu, select the announcements link to get started. Once there are announcements posted in the course, a numerical indicator will appear next to the announcement tab in the course showing the number of unread announcements.
The New Announcement page appears. Click on the 
Send an Announcement to multiple courses using the Qwickly Tools
Search for an announcement
Select the magnifying glass icon and enter a few characters of your search criteria in the search field.
Send an email copy of the announcement
If you post an announcement and forget to select the email copy check box, you'll need to create a new announcement.
Schedule an announcement
Select the Schedule announcement check box.
Select the Show on check box and use the calendar and clock icons to select the date and time you would like the announcement to post and become available to students. If desired, select a Hide on date and time.
Select Post to post the announcement immediately.
Select Save Draft to save your announcement as a draft. You will need to remember to post the announcement manually.
Select Cancel if you wish to delete the announcement.
On the Course Announcements page, you can see the status of your post. If you scheduled the announcement to be released in the future, the status will read Scheduled. If you did not schedule a future release date, but saved it as a draft, you will see an option to "Post Now". Select Post Now to post your announcement immediately.
Edit/Copy/Delete an announcement
Open the announcements page using the announcement tab in the top navigation menu. Find the announcement you want to edit/copy/delete and select the three dot menu to open the menu.
Student View of Announcements
When students enter the course, a pop-up box with any new announcements since the last time they logged in will appear on the screen. On the announcement pop-up, students will have the ability to mark the announcement as read/unread. Students will be able to perform the same task from the announcement tab within the blackboard course. Students will have to close the pop-up box before they can interact with any course content.
If "send an email copy" to recipients is selected, a copy of the announcement will be sent to the student's official syr.edu email. Attachments will be sent as a link that the student can open to view.