A. The first step to putting up any content in Blackboard is to go to the Control Panel.

B. In the Control Panel, click on Announcements.

C. Then, you can Add a new announcement, or Modify/Remove an existing announcement.

1. Type the subject line of your announcement. This subject line will appear immediately after the announcement date (see example above).

Type the message of your announcement. Leave the option below the text box set to Smart Text unless there are special circumstances (see next section for details).

Smart Text:

• creates a new paragraph when you hit Enter
• automatically converts web addresses to hot links
• interprets basic html formatting tags (click here for basic html tags)

Plain Text:

• useful if you want to display html coding without having the browser interpret the html

HTML:

• useful if you want to use advanced html to display your announcement text
• also useful if you create an html page in an editor like Front Page or Dreamweaver, then copy and paste the html code here

2. Change the display date options if you want to. Otherwise, the announcement will be displayed for 7 days, and then will be accessible by choosing to view older announcements.

3. Click on Submit. You will receive a receipt to confirm your action. If you later decide you want to change or remove the announcement, choose Modify or Remove in step C above.