Announcements are ideal for communicating time-sensitive information to students such as reminders about upcoming due dates, changes in the syllabus, or corrections and clarifications to course material. This section will outline the steps necessary to create, edit and delete announcements using Blackboard's Announcement tool.

After completing this module, the learner will be able to:

• Create an announcement
• Set a duration
• Attach a course link
• Override user notification settings
• Edit an announcement
• Delete an announcement
• Reorder announcements

Watch the video tutorial below or read the quick reference guide for instructions:

• Video: Creating an Announcement
• DOC: Quick Reference Guide: Announcements

It's your turn! Try the following activities in your own course:

1. Create an announcement.
2. Create a second announcement and attach a course link.
3. Reorder the announcements.
4. Use the contextual menus in Edit Mode to practice editing and deleting your announcements.

• Use the announcement tool to relay your most important course updates.
• Keep your announcements brief and succinct.
• Delete announcements when they are no longer relevant to student success.

Blackboard's Announcement tool is a great vehicle for communicating important course information to your students.