{"id":5542,"date":"2024-03-27T14:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?p=5542"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T12:33:51","slug":"blackboard-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/blackboard-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Announcements in a Blackboard course are for your instructors to communicate important, often time-sensitive information regarding the course, such as reminders about events, lecture cancellations or room changes, or signposting specific course content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Course announcements appear on your Activity Stream on Blackboard:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Activity-Stream-3.jpg\" alt=\"Announcements on Activity Stream.\" class=\"wp-image-5287\" width=\"789\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Activity-Stream-3.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Activity-Stream-3-768x323.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also see all the announcements for a specific course in one place, on the course\u2019s Announcements page:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Announcements-page.jpg\" alt=\"Announcements page\" class=\"wp-image-5288\" width=\"793\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Announcements-page.jpg 1213w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2024\/03\/Announcements-page-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New announcements will pop up on your screen as you enter the Blackboard course. 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