Changing Announcement Display Preferences

Updated on Oct 25, 2018

The instructions below will demonstrate how to change the duration in which announcements appear in the My Announcements box.

Accessing Course Announcements

Image of the Course News page with an arrow pointing to the My Announcements box with instructions to locate the My Announcements box. Within the box, another arrow is pointing to a gear icon (manage my announcements module settings) with instructions to click on the gear icon

Log into your Blackboard course and go to the Course News page. Locate the box labeled My Announcements and hover your mouse cursor over the box. Click the gear icon (Manage My Announcements Module Settings) in the upper right hand corner to access the announcements settings.

Changing Announcement Display Preferences, Part 2

Image of Personalize: My Announcements with an arrow pointing to the drop down menu next to Show Announcements for located under Edit My Announcements view, with instructions to choose the desired opton from the drop down menu. At the bottom of the page, there is an arrow pointing to the Submit button with instructions to click on Submit.

You will now see a screen labeled Personalize: My Announcements. Under Edit My Announcements View, locate the dropdown menu labeled Show Announcements For and select the desired duration. The announcements can be displayed for Today, 7 Days, 30 Days or all announcements created can be displayed. When you are finished, click Submit to save your changes.

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This guide is for the Original Course View which was phased out Spring 2025. For Summer 2025 and beyond, use our Ultra Course View Guides 0

Introduction 13

Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) Faculty 8

Customizing the Main Course Menu & Course News Page 21

Creating Content in Blackboard 3

Adding Files 19

Creating Assignments in Blackboard 7

Creating Interactive Rubrics 6

Creating Tests and Surveys in Blackboard 20

Creating Test Questions 19

Creating Adaptive Release Rules 8

Creating Self and Peer Assessments 9

Using Achievements 5

Using The Blackboard Calendar 3

Communication: Announcements 4

Communication: Discussion Boards 17

Communication: Messages and Email 6

Communication: Blogs 9

Communication: Journals 8

Communication: Wikis 7

Communication: Tasks 4

Managing Course Enrollments 5

Managing Course Groups 17

Running Course Reports and Monitoring Student Progress 8

Viewing and Downloading Course Evaluation Results 7

Grade Center: Introduction 4

Grade Center: Setting up Grade Columns 4

Grade Center: Organizing the Grade Center 11

Grade Center: General Grading Information 7

Grade Center: Viewing Assignment Results 9

Grade Center: Create recording for feedbacks 4

Grade Center: Viewing Test Results 13

Grade Center: Managing Grade Center Data 6

Adding Third Party Tools and Content 12

Managing the Content Collection 14

Importing/Archiving/Copying a Course 9

Managing Goals 3

Taking Attendance 7

Microsoft Teams Integration 2

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