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Announcements

New in Blackboard 7.3

Instructors can send email notification of new announcements to students.
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The Announcements section is the default entry point or “front door” for the course Web site. The default entry point can be changed by the Instructor. 
 
Announcements can be used to notify students about new information pertaining to the course. Consider using announcements to let students know:

• Assignment due dates
• Changes to the syllabus
• Corrections/clarifications of materials
• Exam schedules
• Other important information

In the Announcements section of the Student View, announcements will be ordered chronologically, with the most recent announcement at the top of the page. By default, the Announcements page will show the last seven days of announcements; however, the user can change that view by clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the Course Tools. After 7 days the announcement moves from the View Last 7 Days tab to the View Last 30 Days tab.
 
If you want the announcement to remain on the View Last 7 Days tab, the announcement can also be set to always show on the Announcements page. If an announcement is set to be permanent, then it will be listed at the top of the Announcements page (before the dated announcements) and on every view tab. You can use this for information you want in front of the students' eyes every time they enter the course or for a set period of time longer than 7 days. For example, you might post an announcement containing the institution's help desk contact information and set it to always show. 

Follow the steps below to open the Add Announcement page.

1. Click Announcements in Course areas of the Control Panel.
2. Click Add Announcement to add a new announcement or Modify to modify an announcement.
3. Fill the form.
4. Click on the Submit button.

The table at the bottom of the page contains a detailed description of the Announcement page and options.

The table below details the fields on the Add Announcement Page and Modify Announcement page.

Field	Description
Announcement Information
Subject	Enter a subject for the announcement. This will appear as the title of the announcement.
Message	Enter the announcement by either typing directly into the field or copy and paste text from another word processing document.
Options
Permanent Announcement	Select Yes to create a permanent Announcement. This Announcement is automatically displayed after the time and date it is created. There is no end date for this Announcement, unless the Display Until option is selected.
Choose date restrictions	Use these options to display an Announcement for a specific period of time. Select the date the Announcement begins in Display After and the date the Announcement ends in Display Until.
Course Link
Link Location	Click Browse to locate content in the course to link to the Announcement. If the link points to a content item that is not available the link will not appear in the Announcement until the content is available. Note that removing the content will remove the link to the content in the Announcement but The Announcement itself will remain.
Email Announcement - NEW FEATURE
Email Announcement	Instructors can choose to send an immediate email notification to students when they create an announcement by clicking inside the Email this announcement to all course users checkbox. The Course Link will not be sent to students.