This document provides instructions for faculty on how to post, edit, rearrange, and preview announcements on Blackboard. It outlines 15 steps to post a new announcement, including entering subject and message details, setting display dates, emailing students, and linking to other course areas. It also explains how to edit or delete existing announcements, rearrange their order, and preview announcements from the student view.

1. Blackboard for Faculty: Posting Announcements
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Stony Brook University
In this document, you will learn how to:
1. Post an announcement to your class
2. E-mail your announcement to the class
3. Edit or delete an announcement
4. Rearrange your announcements
5. Preview announcements as a student
Post a new announcement
Announcements are one of the first things students see when they log onto Blackboard and enter your course. They are
the best way to post information about upcoming tests, assignments, or other events.
1. Enter your course by clicking its name in the My Courses module.
2. Any announcements will appear in the My Announcements module on the course Home Page.
3. Click either the title of the announcement to read its full text or more announcements... to see all
announcements.
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2. 4. The full text of your announcements will appear. Make sure Edit Mode is ON in the
upper right corner of the screen.
5. Click Create Announcement.
6. Under Announcement Information, enter a Subject (required) and Message (optional).
7. Scroll down to Web Announcement Options. By default, announcements display on the Home Page for one
week, then they’re archived but still accessible by clicking more announcements.
How long do you want your announcement to display on the Home Page?
• Duration: Select Permanent to display it indefinitely. Otherwise, leave it at Date Restricted.
• Select Date Restrictions: To display the announcement for more or less than 7 days, check the boxes
for Display After and Display Until. Use the calendar and clock icons to select the desired dates and
times, or type them manually into the boxes provided.
8. Proceed to the next section.
9. Want to e-mail your announcement to the class? Check the box for Override User Notification Settings.
This way, students will receive an e-mail notification even if they haven’t already signed up to receive them.
10. Does your announcement pertain to a document, assignment or test in another area of the course? If so, scroll
down to Course Link.
11. Click Browse to open a popup listing all areas of your course.
12. Click the Expand All button in the upper left corner of the popup, or the
plus button [+] to the left of any area to expand it.
13. Select the appropriate area of the course.
14. Click Submit at the bottom of the page.
15. The announcement will appear at the top of the page. Previous
announcements are displayed in reverse chronological order.
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3. Edit or delete an announcement
Click the down-pointing arrow button to the right of the announcement subject, then select Edit or Delete.
Don’t like the way your announcements are arranged?
Click and drag the double arrow button to the left of each Click the two-arrow button near the upper right corner of the
announcement. Announcements module.
Want to see what your students see?
Switch Edit Mode to OFF in the upper right corner of the screen.
Announcements that are currently hidden from students will not appear. Switch Edit Mode back to ON when finished.
Last updated: 1/19/2011