This document provides a simple guide for using some key features in Blackboard Learn such as creating discussion forums, announcements, and sending emails to students. It outlines the basic steps to add an interactive tool like a discussion board, wiki, or blog; create a discussion forum and modify its options; add an announcement and link to course materials; and send emails to students from within the course. The guide is intended to help instructors interact with and communicate with their students using Blackboard Learn's core collaborative and communication tools.

1. Simple guide for Blackboard Learn
Here are some features you can use to interact with
your students
Created by Sally Loan
National Institute of Education
Centre for e-Learning
Senior Educational Technologist

2. Add Interactive Tool
Create discussion board / blog / wiki

3. Create discussion forum

4. Create discussion forum
Select from existing or create a few forum

5. Create discussion forum
Give a meaning forum name

6. Create discussion forum
Modify options if necessary

7. Create discussion forum
By default, allow
users to reply, attach
file and create new
threads

8. Create discussion forum
Forum is added

9. Add announcement

10. Add announcement
Give a meaning subject heading for announcement

11. Add announcement
Modify dates if necessary
Link to reading material using course link

12. Add announcement
Announcement is added

13. Send Email within course
Access Control Panel,
Course Tools

14. Send Email within course
Instructors can send
email to all or
selected individual
users