Video - View Announcements

Your professor may use the Announcements tool regularly to post reminders, class activities, class summaries, etc.
1. On the Institution Page, click on Activity Stream. When a new announcement is posted, the Title of the announcement will be shown under your Course Name. In default, you see the title of the announcements posted in the past 7 days. The most recent announcement is listed at the top.

2. Click on the Title of an announcement, you will enter the course and see the details of the announcement you just selected.

3. To see all announcements, click on the Announcements link on the Course Menu.

Please check class announcements regularly to see class updates from your professor.

Video - Blackboard Calendar

Your professor may use the Blackboard Calendar tool to post class activities, instructions for assignments, assignment due dates, or reminders. - Many classes may not use Calendar; in such case, you will follow the course schedule on the course syllabus (or in a separate file) on Blackboard to complete the assignments on time.

If your professor uses the Calendar tool for class assignments, you should browse the course Calendar and check Event Details regularly so that you will have a general idea when an assignment is due and what is the requirement of an assignment.
1. The quickest way to see events on a course calendar is to click on the Calendar link on the Institution Page.
2. You will see the events on the current day from all the courses you have enrolled. To have an overview of the current month, click on the Month tab (on the upper right of the page).
3. You then see the calendar events in the current month. You may click on an Event Title to see the details of the event. For example, there is an assignment due on Wednesday this week. Click on the date, you will see the assignment -(e.g. discussion). Click on the assignment title - it brings you to the Blackboard course and the assignment page. 
4. From the Event View, to go back to the Calendar View, click on the x sign to close out the course. It brings you back to the Day view of the Calendar page.
5.  You may click on the Due Dates view to see all the events listed by their due dates.
6. You may use --> to go to next month or (<-- to a previous month) to the future events (past events).