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

You can add, edit, and delete announcements from the Announcements page. You can also record video and audio files that you can include with your announcement. Blackboard Learn provides auto-captioning for audio and video files you create to include in announcements. You do not need to turn on this feature.

When you add an announcement, you can also send it as an email to students in your course. Students receive the announcement even if they don't log into your course.

Create an announcement

Announcements appear in the order you post them. The most recent announcement appears first.

1. On the Control Panel, go to Course Tools > Announcements.
2. Select Create Announcement.
3. Type a Subject, which appears as the title of the announcement on the Announcements page.
4. Type your message.
5. 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.
6. Select the Email Announcement check box to send an email with the announcement to all course members, which includes students, instructors, and teaching assistants. This option only appears if you have a valid email address in the system.

   Note: Choose this option if your announcement has embedded files or images.

   Users who chose not to receive announcement notifications through email will receive this announcement email. Your institution controls if this option is available. Email announcements display your name but are sent from a "do not reply," automated account.

   Note: This option doesn't work if you chose to post the announcement in the future. You'll receive an error and need to clear the email announcement check box.

7. Optionally, in the Course Link section, select Browse to link to a course area, tool, or item.

   Note: If an announcement is linked to a course that  isn't available the announcement isn't available for students.

8. Select Submit.

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