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.

Add an Announcement

On the top navigation menu, select the announcements link to get started.

The New Announcement page appears. Click on the to add a new announcement.

Search for an announcement

Select the magnifying glass icon and enter your search criteria in the search field.

Send an email copy of the 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 to announcement to post and become available to students.  If desired, select a Hide on date and time.

Select Save to save your announcement as a draft (if you have not scheduled the announcement to be released in the future).

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, 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.  Students will have to close the pop-up box before interacting with 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.